* Kenneth Dombrowski (kenneth@ylayali.net) [030221 12:00]: > <20021230105251.4c62ef1b.sjuranic@ee.washington.edu> > <3E10E540.4060707@ylayali.net> > <20030106120111.1f5081fe.sjuranic@ee.washington.edu> > > > Hi, > > I started this thread in Dec. & kind of gave up on it for awhile, but > it's still happening intermittently & I've come up with some more clues, > so I figured I'll try again.. I'm manually adding some of the headers to > preserve the thread as kind of an experiment.. hope it works! Actually, what needs to be done is to add those message IDs into a References header. I'm doing that here, and including your message, so that (hopefully) it will get re-threaded for the archives. > > When I record from my laptop's mic (I've been using both gramofile & > audacity), occasionally the resulting file plays back really fast. > 'file' reports a normal 44100 Hz .wav file: > > kenneth@enlil:/mp3/tmp$ file new.wav > new.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, > stereo 44100 Hz > > using 'play' from the sox package, I can play the file back @ 21033 Hz > and it sounds closer, but still a little fast. Other wavs are playing > back normally, so it seems to be happening during the recording process. > (indeed, when recording with audacity I can see the little time indicator > go shooting off into the future while the sound-form display appears to > act normally) > > I've noticed this happens after using my Hauppaugue usb wintv card, > which uses a module called usbvision that I patched into the kernel. > Obviously, it's a bug with that module & I will report the problem to > the authors, so it's not really a debian problem, but I still thought > this would be a good place to ask how to get the system back to normal > in the meantime... maybe the problem is obvious to somebody who actually > understands how sound works. Rebooting doesn't fix the problem when it > happens, in the past I've just always left it alone for a couple of days > and eventually it works again > > I usually manually 'modprobe usbvision' if I want to use the tv card, > unfortunately I can't get the system back to normal right now to test if > that alone is enough to screw it up, or if I have to actually use it.. > if it makes a difference.. > > The laptop in question uses the i810_audio module, I tried > 'modprobe -r'ing it, but it claims to be in use. I am using the OSS sound > drivers, not alsa. it's sid with a customized debian 2.4.19 kernel > > Any thoughts appreciated, > Kenneth -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." --President Thomas Jefferson.
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