Bug 702708 - ALSA sample rate fluctuates
Summary: ALSA sample rate fluctuates
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jaroslav Kysela
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 760490
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-06 16:37 UTC by Ryan Stanyan
Modified: 2012-07-10 18:45 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-07-10 18:45:29 UTC
Target Upstream Version:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
ALSA info log for a high sample rate. (14.30 KB, text/plain)
2011-05-06 16:37 UTC, Ryan Stanyan
no flags Details
ALSA info log for a low sample rate (14.31 KB, text/plain)
2011-05-06 16:38 UTC, Ryan Stanyan
no flags Details

Description Ryan Stanyan 2011-05-06 16:37:18 UTC
Created attachment 497408 [details]
ALSA info log for a high sample rate.

Description of problem:
At bootup sound sample rate seems to vary.  Some times it will be slow, which corresponds to a sample rate of approximately 40000 hz.  Other times sound will be incredibly fast, corresponding to an approximate sample rate of 48000 hz.  

Sound seems to be slower when the computer has been off for some time.  Faster sample rates usually occur after restarts.

A "normal" sample rate should be around 44100 hz, which is CD-quality.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
alsa-lib-1.0.21-3.el6 (i686)


How reproducible:
Start up computer.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up computer
  
Actual results:
Sample rate higher or lower than

Expected results:
A consistent sample rate.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Ryan Stanyan 2011-05-06 16:38:16 UTC
Created attachment 497409 [details]
ALSA info log for a low sample rate

Comment 2 Ryan Stanyan 2011-05-06 16:41:46 UTC
If you were to perform a diff between the ALSA info logs the differences are found in PCM front DAC and PCM ADC.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2011-05-06 17:07:44 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 5 Ryan Stanyan 2011-05-06 18:44:11 UTC
This is a problem that does not effect any other version of Linux that this computer has run, including el5.  Is it possible at all to backport bug fixes to ALSA?

Comment 6 Ryan Stanyan 2011-10-03 23:17:13 UTC
Installing a kernel module for ALSA from a third party repository seems to clear this up.

Comment 7 Jaroslav Kysela 2012-02-03 09:35:56 UTC
Could you test kernel-2.6.32-227.el6.hda631 ? This kernel is available on URL bellow:

  http://people.redhat.com/~jkysela/RHEL6/

Comment 8 Jaroslav Kysela 2012-07-10 18:45:29 UTC
No response from reporter. Assuming that the issue is fixed in RHEL 6.3.


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