Re: ecasound and PulseAudio problems

On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 12:31 -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 04:33:13PM -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 21:20 +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
> > > The commandline you posted was still wrong, it should have been:
> > > ecasound -f:16,2,44100 -i resample,22050,ghostrider.mp3 -o
> > > jack,system 
> > 
> > This works - ever other time I use it, and exits without playing and
> > with no error message every other time.  Interesting ....  I should
> > perhaps report a bug somewhere.
> 
> Hi Lindsay,
> 
> My condolences about having PA on your system. :-)

Thanks, 'preciated :-)  Kinda can't help it thanks to the "wisdom" of
the Canonical Partners.

> Being ignorant about the low-level stuff, I don't
> see why PA wasn't designed to be just another signal source to 
> ALSA or JACK. 

I wish I knew more about the topology of Linux sound software
archetecture.  Maybe O'Reilly has a book ....

> For troubleshooting, I wonder if you might get reliable
> sound by playing back a .wav file instead of an .mp3, which
> requires an external process.

Yes, .wav files are more reliably played than .mp3 files.  The issue is
that I have to deal with .mp3 files as a routine matter on a regular
basis, and converting them to .wav files is not only a PITA, but
obscures the fact that mp3 compression is inherently lossy, and then
reconverting them int .mp3 files doesn't restore the lost quality.  I
didn't used to have to jump through hoops to play mp3 files.  I don't
want to start doing it now, if it can be avoided.

> As chief stirrer of Nama's codebase (mmm... chocolate!), I
> can say that it does simplify recording and playback
> compared to barenaked Ecasound at the cost of a bit of extra setup.

It sounds like Nama is something I need to look into :-)  Thanks.  I'll
do it.

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