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RichSelian

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From: China

Registered: 2009-03-14

Posts: 43

[solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

I upgrade arch to kernel-2.6.34 and xorg-server-1.8. Then I found I have problems playing MP3s. It's playing too fast (10% faster than normal) and sometimes chugs. I've tried audacious and mpg123. Both of them have the problem. So what's the problem and how can I fix it?

Last edited by RichSelian (2010-06-25 08:11:20)

supulton

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Registered: 2008-12-31

Posts: 58

Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

Confirmed. I humorously mistook this for corrupted mp3s and nearly soiled myself when every subsequent rip had the same problem. Random chugging/stuttering, sometimes fast forwarding for no reason. One of the stranger kernel upgrade issues.

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RichSelian

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Registered: 2009-03-14

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

I'm sure there is something wrong with the new kernel, but I have no idea to solve it.

Spock lone wolf

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Registered: 2009-09-01

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

Not just music, everything is faster. Videos, flash... When using Xine backend, it results in pauses in sound play, if using gstreamer, it will play faster with high pitched voice.
Im suspecting new kernel as well, possibly some problem with timing.

Last edited by Spock lone wolf (2010-06-23 20:19:54)

RichSelian

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Registered: 2009-03-14

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

I've tried kernel26-rc-2.6.35 and kernel26-ice-2.6.34 from aur, yet cannot solve the problem.

supulton

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

The stuttering seems to directly correspond to CPU usage. ie when switching tabs in my browser, the music will chug but calm down when I stay on a page. Madness.

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RichSelian

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Registered: 2009-03-14

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

Now I downgrade to kernel-2.6.33 and the problem is no longer exists. It may be a bug in the new kernel.

Spock lone wolf

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

Thanks, i will have to downgrade as well.
More info:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=97297
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99705

Few more of these and I'll be finally ready to leave bleeding-edge distro

tomk

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

FYI - [solved by downgrade] is not solved. :) You can't stay on .33 forever, unless you're going to stop using Arch.

Also, I can't reproduce the issue here - tested with mpg123, running the current 2.6.34 kernel package on x86_64. Are you on x86_64 or i686?

hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

From one of the linked threads:

I've solved compiling the kernel 2.6.35-rc1 from AUR...

Thats quite the opposite way of downgrading I would give it a go.

edit: naah, nevermind, you tried already. still if there are more people with the same problem, try to find out more and file a bug. or you will be stuck on 2.6.33 forever...

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Spock lone wolf

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Registered: 2009-09-01

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

It's on x86_64 with AMD on MB with SB700 chipset - possible bug recognized in other thread I posted here.

supulton

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

I've got  ATI  Radeon Xpress 200 built-in graphics on i686 and I still have the same problem. "Solved" it by downgrading. Don't want to waste several hours compiling the new kernel on this machine, so I'll wait patiently until an upgrade fixes it.

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supulton

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Re: [solved by downgrade]Music playing problem after system upgraded

Just wanted to update that the newest kernel update (2.6.34.1-1) fixes the problem for me.

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