[Feedback] ALSA+Amarok-XINE produce strange noise over music on some mp3 files while using dmix

[Miguel Angel Alvarez]

El Miércoles, 6 de Junio de 2007 10:45, ZloiHunter at gmail.com escribió:
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> I tried to play back some ?mp3-pro? encoded files using xineUI and Amarok.
> They played back with no errors, but when i switched from direct hardware
> output (hw:0,0) to dmix the problem appeared. Files are  still played back
> with no errors, but some strange noise appeared on frequency of about 4
> -5KHz. this sounds like clicks, and is really annoying. Switching off dmix
> solve the problem, but blocks sound output=(
> I am pretty sure that this is not only Amarok-XINE's problem, but also
> some bug in ALSA's dmix, but I do not understand how to handle this.
> My hardware:
> Analog Devices AD1881 also known as intel 8x0
> My software
> Amarok 1.4.5 KDE 3.5.5. OpenSuSE 10.2
> XINE: latest from packman's rpm store.
> Mail me for feedback if you need any=)
You could try updating your alsa kernel drivers.
Back when suse 9.1 I had similar problems with alsa, and they solved by 
downloading newer drivers from alsa.org.
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