[Pd] audio I/O stuck... closing audio

guenter geiger geiger at xdv.org
Fri Jul 11 13:14:22 CEST 2003


Which distribution are you using, which pd version ?
Did you compile pd with alsa and jack support ?

Guenter

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 ales at shark.mur.at wrote:

> another interesting thing is, that there is no option "-alsa" as some say,
> (???) and after recompiling pd i just start with :
> pd -nomidi -path /usr/lib/pd/externs -lib Gem -path /usr/lib/pd/iemabs -lib
> zexy -lib iemlib2 -lib iemlib1 -lib iem_mp3  -lib iem_t3_lib
> but sound works (even cleaner)
>
> "audio I/O stuck... closing audio"
> i get when i start jack
> (as user : jackd -R -d alsa -d hw:0 -r 44100 -p 1024 &)
> before pd.
>
> grtz Ales
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:37:44AM +0200, ales at shark.mur.at wrote:
> > well, it seems to work with :
> > pd -frags 5  -audiobuf 580 -alsa -nomidi
> > (i dont think [julien] you noticed i am having alsa)
> >
> > but the sound is bad bad bad anyway.
> > i am looking for some external soundcard (usb) that is not using usb-uhci,
> > but usb-ohci . or anything cheaper.
> >
> > cheers Alessq
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 06:31:58PM +0200, enrike at ixi-software.net wrote:
> > > hi all
> > >
> > > i am running pd on a compaq presario 920ea under windows xp home edition.
> > > i experienced the "get audio I/O stuck... closing audio" since i bought few months
> > > ago. I tried several tricks and all kinds of ways to twist the system to improve the
> > > performance. None worked. I could only run PD with "- audiobuf 128" flag.
> > >
> > > recently i decided to reinstall the system and reformat the hardrive with FAT32
> > > format (previous was NTFS).
> > > I installed the same xp home but i didnt use the cds that compaq provides to
> > > reinstall all their system, i did it manually.
> > > i didn't change anything at all but the  problems have aparently dissapeared.
> > > I also noticed that my system runs faster now.
> > >
> > > i guess that either the NTFS format or some utility that comes with the Compaq
> > > installation cds was causing the problem.
> > >
> > > hope this helps to somebody.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 30 Jun 2003 at 10:35, julien.breval at tremplin-utc.ne wrote:
> > >
> > > > By default, I think Pd for Linux uses the ALSA sound drivers.
> > > >
> > > > Try to run Pure Data with the OSS sound drivers, with this command :
> > > >
> > > > % pd -oss
> > > >
> > > > ALSA drivers are better, you should install them if you still use OSS
> > > >
> > > > 2 links :
> > > > ALSA page
> > > > www.alsa-project.org
> > > >
> > > > PlanetCCRMA (sound & video packages for Linux ; here is the kernel/drivers
> > > > page)
> > > > http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installkernelandsound.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > But the "audio stuck" problem can have another cause too (for example I
> > > > remember experiencing this under Windows because my sound card didn't have any
> > > > ASIO driver)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Selon ales <ales at shark.mur.at>:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > i use  16bit full duplex - audio on Gericom notebook,
> > > > >
> > > > > datenblad here:
> > > > > http://www.gericom.com/gericom2001/page.cfm?page=productdata&serie=64
> > > > >
> > > > > gentoo linux, pd 0.35, alsa,
> > > > > trying to start with -frags 5, or -audiobuf [various values]
> > > > >
> > > > > after a while i "get audio I/O stuck... closing audio"
> > > > >
> > > > > any suggestions ? thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > AZ.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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