Re: [Jack-Devel] A lot of Xrun Callbacks ... really xruns?

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DateWed, 20 Jun 2012 11:53:55 +0000
From Krause, Mathias <[hidden] at xse dot de>
To"[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org" <[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org>
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 02:45:12PM +0000, Krause, Mathias wrote:
>> > Anyway ... I just start jackd ... and after a while, I count the xrun_callback in
>> a jack_client.
>> > After 3 Minutes of running jackd (without any audio playing) I got already
>> 500 xruns reported.
>
>> I've been seeing similar behaviour, but in my case it's when using ALSA
>> pcm_multi to combine several sound cards into one virtual device. This has
>> been happening here ever since I started using jackd over six years ago. It
>> seems that under certain conditions jack1 and jack2 report xruns that aren't
> audible and aren't reported by the alsa driver. There's nothing wrong with
>> the recorded audio when this occurs. Period size affects the number of these
>> xrun indications, but even using -p1024 doesn't eliminate them completely.
>
>> My workaround has been to turn off xrun markers in Ardour and ignore the
>> problem. Not very helpful I know, but I haven't had time to look into it
>> further and it hasn't prevented me from getting work done.

Thanks for that hint. I have also 2 TDMs in the system. As soon, as I use only one, in asound.conf, all these XRUNS are gone ...
I think I need to dig more into that...

Regards,
Mathias
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