[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-2978457 ] -nogui audio initialization problems under Debian

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Bugs item #2978457, was opened at 2010-03-29 10:01
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Category: puredata
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: -nogui audio initialization problems under Debian

Initial Comment:
The [delread~] in the attached patch fails to initialize to the correct samplerate when started with -nogui under Debian and Pd 0.41.4 or 0.42-5. It seems to initialize to a samplerate of 0 instead. This problem persists independently from the audio driver used (ALS vs OSS). The patch works fine under Windows XP, however.

The patch contains a workaround which has been suggested on the Pd-list, i.e. to loadbang a [switch~] object to 0 and then set it to 1 when neded. However, this did not help in the current situation.

The patch also delays the loadbanged [;pd dsp 1( message by a [del 1000. This is a workaround addressing another manifestation of the audio initialisation problems with -nogui under Debian. If the [del 1000] is removed, the patch fails to load under -nogui with a "dev/dsp (read/write): Device or resource busy" message.

IOhannes has suggested on the list to set the samplerate explicitely at startup, i.e. by
  pd -nogui -r 44100
However, I cannot confirm this workaround to work with the attached patch.

Please note that the attached patch works fine under Windows XP and with -nogui enabled; also if the [del 1000] and [switch~] objects are omitted.

best,
flo.H

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2010-05-16 16:53

Message:
you can replace the [delay 1000] by just [delay], that is, [delay 0].


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