Sound interruptions linux mint 16

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TitanG

Sound interruptions linux mint 16

Post by TitanG »

Hello,
I have a sound problem on linux mint Cinnamon 16. Whenever I play a song/video on Youtube, Banshee, VLC and the system's volume is high the sound is continuously interrupted like if I was plugging and unplugging really fast. I noticed that this happened even before installing it when I was using the CD to test it. Moreover, I noticed that the higher is the system's volume the more are the interruptions. In fact when it is higher that 90% they are continuous. A solution the I have figured out is to keep the volume at 50% and volume up the speakers.
However, is the any better and more practical way to deal with it?

I am really happy with this linux distro and I am carefully considering moving from Windows.

Thank you in advance
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TitanG

Re: Sound interruptions linux mint 16

Post by TitanG »

Furthermore, I noticed that when the interruptions happen the volume indicator goes mad. I mean that it moves back and forth really fast.

I hope that this helped.
oldwolf

Re: Sound interruptions linux mint 16

Post by oldwolf »

If you have amplified speakers, having the system volume up too high could be overdriving the speaker inputs. Turning it down is an easy solution, as you have found.
TitanG

Re: Sound interruptions linux mint 16

Post by TitanG »

Thank you for the response! However, this does only occur when I am using linux.

Nevertheless, apart from this issue I really like linux mint and I am now using it as main system!
So linux community, keep up the good work!
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