Recently my 64b desktop developed a bad stutter. I originally thought it was a rhythmbox problem, but it turned out to be a PulseAudio problem. The fix is here--thanks to MRA2011!
Summary:
In emacs or a lesser editor open /etc/pulse/default.pa, change this line:
load-module module-udev-detect
to this
load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0
Then restart PulseAudio,
pulseaudio -k
2 comments:
Holy shit. People are STILL having stuttering problems with FailsAudio?
I remember having these problems many years ago back when Pulse was new and I had been fooled into thinking that I needed a replacement for ESD.
After wasting a significant amount of time trying to get Pulse to work, I decided that removing it and using ALSA's built-in dmix was the best thing I could do.
I haven't had any problems with using just dmix, and like most users, I don't have any need for networked audio, so I don't understand why major distros like Ubuntu and Mint include it by default.
I'm guessing you've found a solution to this by now, but if not, then I strongly suggest that you just get rid of Pulse.
The simple explanation is a reluctance to go with something simple that does what most people want when there's something much more complicated that makes a very few people a little happier. It's the Microsoftization of Linux.
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