Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] How to fix sound choppy on CPU load?

[Johnny Strom <jonny strom netikka fi>]

Ok

Well the Preemptible Kernel patch is an improvment for multimedia
applications so that is one thing you could try and then you could
check if the X server is run with a nice value or not.

Anyway if you would like to test new snapshots of GM so can you find the 
rpms here: http://av8.netikka.fi/~johnny/


Cheers Johnny





Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Johnny Strom wrote:
>
>
> > I was thinking that the size of the buffers in the sound driver can
> > make a diffrence on the sound quality under load, and what you could 
> > test is to patch your kernel with the Preemptible Kernel patch:
> >
> > http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/
>
>
> I can do that, but it appears unlikely the problem is in the
> audio drivers, since:
>
> * it happens both for ALSA (on desktop) and OSS (on laptop);
>
> * the sliding image movement in Gnomemeeting gets choppy as
>   well on high CPU load (which, I suppose, is not related to
>   the audio drivers);
>
> * other programs reproduce sound without problems (RealONE
>   player, xmms, xine, etc.) on both machines.
>
> Mihai
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