a minor nit 1.94

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Rex Dieter at 04/12/08 14:07 did gyre and gimble:
> Richard Rondu wrote:
> 
>> I confirm this issue, got the same with Fedora 10 and Amarok 1.94 Beta 2.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Greg Woods <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:
>>> A minor thing have noticed since I installed Fedora 10 (with Amarok 1.94
>>> Beta 2). When I first start playing again after pausing, the audio
>>> stutters for a few seconds. 
> 
> It's most likely not specific to amarok, but an interaction between
> not-so-great audio drivers and the newer "glitch-free" pulseaudio in F-10.
> 
> The next likely candidate is the xine-lib-pulseaudio sink.
> 
> Fwiw, F-10 uses phonon-backend-xine by default (and will prefer it even if
> the gstreamer backend is installed).

Quite possibly. This is why I've always had better luck with gstreamer 
(even before glitch-free PA). The xine support for PA has always been 
below par compared to gstreamer in my experience.

Col


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