Hey folks,
I'm a bit of a newbie so keep that in mind. Playback of audio files is choppy, particularly those with a higher bitrate. It sounds like the playback lags and the volume increases briefly. It seems to happen around sudden changes in frequency, usually higher notes. There are no CPU intense activities happening at the same time and the computer playsback fine when using windows 7.
I've tried using various programs to playback and they all experience the problem, disabling the autostart of pulseaudio and then killing the process I still experience the same problem so I think that rules pulseaudio out.
Anyone have ideas?
[Mint 15] Choppy/stuttery sound playback on all players
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[Mint 15] Choppy/stuttery sound playback on all players
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Re: [Mint 15] Choppy/stuttery sound playback on all players
Hi, Drachire, and welcome to the world of Linux. Win 7, they did the thinking for you,it had better work, you paid for it. Linux, you are a member, you help make it better just by posting a problem as you are. But, Linux is so variable, we need details, like what hardware, which Mint version, what desktop, is it 32 or 64 bit, what programs are you talking about, and even deeper. Linux is one heck of an operating system, once you begin to learn it's language.
Re: [Mint 15] Choppy/stuttery sound playback on all players
Sure, mint is 15, olivia, as per the title. 64 bit
The programs I've tried playback with are banshee, vlc, audacious and whatever the hell youtube outputs sound through running firefox.
lshw outputs the following
let me know if you need anything else
The programs I've tried playback with are banshee, vlc, audacious and whatever the hell youtube outputs sound through running firefox.
lshw outputs the following
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