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    13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    Hello.

    I've just finished upgrading the system from 13.04 to 13.10, and now I am facing a problem of weird pulseaudio behavior: the sound goes REALLY choppy, everything is just impossible to be heard. Just some scratchy-weirdy noises. Basically, it looks like the problem is caused by the sound latency on pulse 4.0, cause skype with 30/60ms goes without any problem. The only thing which fixes the problem until some other sound starts playing is to change the sound output and get it back using the sound control in system settings. Also, Flash sound doesn't work whenever you try to trigger it.

    If there is a need of posting some logs, please, tell me which ones should be taken and sent here.

    Thanks.

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    You could try reseting your pulseaudio configuration, by deleting the folder .pulse (i.e. in your home folder press CTRL+H or select View -> Show Hidden Files from the menu to be able to find that folder) and then logging out.

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    Quote Originally Posted by kostkon View Post
    You could try reseting your pulseaudio configuration, by deleting the folder .pulse (i.e. in your home folder press CTRL+H or select View -> Show Hidden Files from the menu to be able to find that folder) and then logging out.
    That didn't help. At all. Even purging + installing again didn't help.

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    Quote Originally Posted by evolutionv8-5 View Post
    That didn't help. At all. Even purging + installing again didn't help.
    Try to configure your audio in the ubuntu sound settings again; try every device, every port and generally every possible configuration. Also, if your volume level is above 100% try lowering it a bit.

    You could also check your alsa volume levels in alsamixer (CTRL+F2 or in terminal give alsamixer to run it), and you could for example try lowering PCM, although generally pulseaudio sets those levels automatically.

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    Quote Originally Posted by kostkon View Post
    Try to configure your audio in the ubuntu sound settings again; try every device, every port and generally every possible configuration. Also, if your volume level is above 100% try lowering it a bit.

    You could also check your alsa volume levels in alsamixer (CTRL+F2 or in terminal give alsamixer to run it), and you could for example try lowering PCM, although generally pulseaudio sets those levels automatically.
    Neither. The problem is definitely pulseaudio 4.0 itself, cause I'm running Live 13.10 and encountering the same issues.

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    Quote Originally Posted by evolutionv8-5 View Post
    Neither. The problem is definitely pulseaudio 4.0 itself, cause I'm running Live 13.10 and encountering the same issues.
    What is the hardware?:
    Code:
    aplay -l

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    (sorry for my english)

    Hi. I have same problem. I have Creative Sound XFi and I have these issues with sound for long time. Problem is probably with pulseaudio.
    Alsa is working great, but pulseaudio sound is bad. In past, pulseaudio somehow worked. But sometimes I had to kill it because it stopped working (like if application was stopped but buffer keeped playing). Now (with Ubuntu 13.10) pulseaudio is not usable at all - it sounds like if it is not able to play buffer correctly and sometimes (every second) play cursor jumps to another position in buffer.

    My configuration is:
    ### ~/.asound.rc

    pcm.mysurround {
    type multi;
    slaves.a.pcm "hw:0,0";
    slaves.a.channels 2;
    slaves.b.pcm "hw:0,1";
    slaves.b.channels 2;
    slaves.c.pcm "hw:0,2";
    slaves.c.channels 2;

    bindings.0.slave a;
    bindings.0.channel 0;
    bindings.1.slave a;
    bindings.1.channel 1;
    bindings.2.slave b;
    bindings.2.channel 0;
    bindings.3.slave b;
    bindings.3.channel 1;
    bindings.4.slave c;
    bindings.4.channel 0;
    bindings.5.slave c;
    bindings.5.channel 1;
    }

    ctl.mysurround {
    type hw;
    card 0;
    }

    pcm.ttable {
    type route;
    slave.pcm "mysurround";
    slave.channels 6;

    ttable.0.0 1;
    ttable.1.1 1;
    ttable.0.2 1;
    ttable.1.3 1;
    ttable.0.4 0.5;
    ttable.1.4 0.5;
    ttable.0.5 0.25;
    ttable.1.5 0.25;
    }

    ctl.ttable {
    type hw;
    card 0;
    }

    pcm.!default {
    type plug;
    slave.pcm "ttable";
    }

    ctl.!default {
    type hw;
    card 0;
    }

    ### /etc/pulse/default.pa changes:

    I uncommented and changed these lines:
    load-module module-alsa-sink device=default
    load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,0

    I commented these lines:
    #### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
    #.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
    #load-module module-udev-detect
    #.else
    #### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
    #load-module module-detect
    #.endif

    ### aplay -L

    tibor@tibor-EP43T-USB3:/etc/pulse$ aplay -L
    null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
    pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
    mysurround
    ttable
    default
    sysdefault:CARD=XFi
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    Default Audio Device
    front:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    Front speakers
    rear:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Surround
    Rear speakers
    center_lfe:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Center/LFE
    Center and Subwoofer speakers
    side:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Side
    Side speakers
    surround40:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
    surround41:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
    surround50:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
    surround51:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
    surround71:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
    iec958:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, IEC958 Non-audio
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
    dmix:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    Direct sample mixing device
    dmix:CARD=XFi,DEV=1
    Creative X-Fi, Surround
    Direct sample mixing device
    dmix:CARD=XFi,DEV=2
    Creative X-Fi, Center/LFE
    Direct sample mixing device
    dmix:CARD=XFi,DEV=3
    Creative X-Fi, Side
    Direct sample mixing device
    dmix:CARD=XFi,DEV=4
    Creative X-Fi, IEC958 Non-audio
    Direct sample mixing device
    dsnoop:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    Direct sample snooping device
    dsnoop:CARD=XFi,DEV=1
    Creative X-Fi, Surround
    Direct sample snooping device
    dsnoop:CARD=XFi,DEV=2
    Creative X-Fi, Center/LFE
    Direct sample snooping device
    dsnoop:CARD=XFi,DEV=3
    Creative X-Fi, Side
    Direct sample snooping device
    dsnoop:CARD=XFi,DEV=4
    Creative X-Fi, IEC958 Non-audio
    Direct sample snooping device
    hw:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
    hw:CARD=XFi,DEV=1
    Creative X-Fi, Surround
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
    hw:CARD=XFi,DEV=2
    Creative X-Fi, Center/LFE
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
    hw:CARD=XFi,DEV=3
    Creative X-Fi, Side
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
    hw:CARD=XFi,DEV=4
    Creative X-Fi, IEC958 Non-audio
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
    plughw:CARD=XFi,DEV=0
    Creative X-Fi, Front/WaveIn
    Hardware device with all software conversions
    plughw:CARD=XFi,DEV=1
    Creative X-Fi, Surround
    Hardware device with all software conversions
    plughw:CARD=XFi,DEV=2
    Creative X-Fi, Center/LFE
    Hardware device with all software conversions
    plughw:CARD=XFi,DEV=3
    Creative X-Fi, Side
    Hardware device with all software conversions
    plughw:CARD=XFi,DEV=4
    Creative X-Fi, IEC958 Non-audio
    Hardware device with all software conversions

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    I have probably figured it out.

    I added parameter "tsched=0" into my /etc/pulse/default.pa

    Lines look like this:

    load-module module-alsa-sink device=default tsched=0
    load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:0,0 tsched=0

    Because I have customized configuration, you will probably need to add this parameter to this line:
    load-module module-udev-detect tshced=0

    Since this change pulseaudio works well

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    This looks good.
    But I have a question.
    Where in /etc/pulse/default.pa shall the lines actually be pasted ?

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    Re: 13.04 -> 13.10 = Choppy/Crappy sound with Pulseaudio

    I also have this problem, cracking sound come from speakers, and adding
    Code:
    load-module module-udev-detect tshced=0
    didn't help.

    restarting pulseaudio didn't help either:
    pulseaudio -k
    pulseaudio --start

    Also tried those fixes, but didn't work: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/PositionReporting Sound is cracking every few seconds even when no applications are running. Crackling noise disappears if I mute sound, but it does not disappear if I make sound on lowest setting possible.
    Last edited by childintime; November 16th, 2013 at 02:07 PM.

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