Re: [linux-audio-user] Lumpy sound from a Soundblaster mp3+

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Lumpy sound from a Soundblaster mp3+
From: Frank Barknecht (fbar_AT_footils.org)
Date: Sat Oct 18 2003 - 16:32:10 EEST


Hallo,
william henry roberts hat gesagt: // william henry roberts wrote:

> A question from a newbie:
> I have a Soundbalster mp3+ usb sound card attached to my HP laptop running
> Redhat 9. It works great and I was amazed at how easy it was to get it
> going, worth a look for those after a USB sound card.
>
> However I have discovered problems when I record with it. Any recording I
> make is full of little skips, more skips if I record at higher qualities.
> I am using sox to both play and record.

Use ecasound instead. Use double buffering ("-z:db,dbsize"), maybe
realtime mode ("-r"). Also you might want to install a low-latency
kernel, which should give less skipping when running in realtime mode.

ciao

-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__


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