ALSA configuration

[Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D.]

I can see that you and I have escaped holiday festivities for a while.

My experience with streams is the play quality is effected by the
effective data transfer rate [link speed, actual transfers,
interruptions, etc].  The sound will be smooth and continuous if the
buffer stays full.  Increasing buffer size helps.

I haven't tried using XMMS or Xine to listen to a stream.  I guess I
should so I can hear what you are experiencing.

-Joseph

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On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 20:57, a monkey wrote:
> This works fine playing regular files for me, but not streams, and I 
> love to play streamed music.
> 
> Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
> 
> >These work fine for me.  
> >
> >* Buffer tine = 3000ms
> >* Period time = 500ms
> >* Mmap mode checked
> >
> >Your mileage may vary.
> >
> >-Joseph
> >
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> >On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 20:36, a monkey wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>In XMMS' ALSA configuration, there are values called `Buffer time' and 
> >>`Period time'. I have no idea what those are. If I play around with 
> >>these values, I can get my music to sound a lot nicer. But how do I know 
> >>what the best values for them are? Also, there is a checkbox called 
> >>`Mmap mode'. Should I have that checked?
> >>
> >>By the way, if this info helps, I am on an eMac G4, 700 mhz processor.
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