On Tuesday 09 May 2006 21:41, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 10:21, Kai Ponte wrote:
I have the same issue - only with K3B. ...
I think in KDE Control Center, in the same area as the sound engine and system sounds settings, you can adjust something like the 'sound system release delay' (paraphrased) in milliseconds (ms.) I'm in GNOME now, otherwise I'd check the exact menu and name.
The concept is that audible system notifications only need temporary access to sound system resources. The ideal arrangement has the notification process grab the resource it needs just long enough to play the sound and then release that resource so it is again available to other programs.
The problem you're having is related to 'latency'... the time between the initial call to the notification process, it's ability to 'grab' the playback resources needed to play the file, read the sound file and send it for playback... all of these milliseconds add up. This can cause playback to be delayed, relative to the timing of the original triggering event, also causing the end of the sound to be clipped off due to a short 'sound system release delay' time.
Carl
Sounds plausible. Did not find the place to adjust the latency. Will have to wait until somebody knows exactly where to look ;).