Re: [SLE] Incomplete notification
When email arrives at my Kmail I have it playing k3b-success1.wav Nice to hear the email coming. Since shortly though it does not play the full tune but stops halfway. I hate the icecream fellows which play half of their tune, I dislike the behavior of my Suse box. I compared the used wav file (10.0) with that of a former Suse (9.3) and they are absolutely same. Somebody an idea why the tune is incomplete?
Hmmm...and I thought it was just me. I have the same issue - only with K3B. The cool "triumphant" sound that plays when the CD is done cuts off on my 10.0 system about halfway through the sound. If I play it through Amarok or Real, then it works just fine. The file is /opt/kde3/share/sounds/k3b_success.wav and is about four seconds long. K3B on my 10 system only plays the first second. For the mail, I use Kopete_Recieved.ogg, which is only about a second long. That works fine. The wierd thing is, if it were a .wav or a length issue, then my startup sound wouldn't work either. I use the SuSE 9.1 startup sound, which I copied over. I don't know what the original name was, I call it kde_startup_91.wav and use it on all my systems - both SUSE and Wintendo. That sound is 11 seconds long. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part
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
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 ;).
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 12:43, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sounds plausible. Did not find the place to adjust the latency. Will have to wait until somebody knows exactly where to look ;).
Just remembered I can run KDE Control Center from GNOME by launching it from a shell 'kcontrol &'... From your main menu, click 'Control Center' (or KDE Control Center) Select 'Sound & Multimedia' Select 'Sound System' Under the 'General' tab: Experiment with the 'Skip Prevention' buffer (use the slider to increase/decrease) You can try the 'Run with the highest possible priority (realtime priority) checkbox, too. You can also try increasing the 'Auto-Suspend' period. I can't promise that any of these will fix your problem, but they're available adjustments and worth checking out. Good luck! Carl
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 11:15 am, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 12:43, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sounds plausible. Did not find the place to adjust the latency. Will have to wait until somebody knows exactly where to look ;).
Just remembered I can run KDE Control Center from GNOME by launching it from a shell 'kcontrol &'... <snip>
Thank you much, Carl. I reset these and will wait to burn a CD to find out if it worked. Interesting the granularity one can get working with *nix as compared to Wintendo. -- kai - www.perfectreign.com www.livebeans.com - the new NetBeans community 43...for those who require slightly more than the answer to life, the universe and everything.
On Wednesday 10 May 2006 11:23, kai wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 11:15 am, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 12:43, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sounds plausible. Did not find the place to adjust the latency. Will have to wait until somebody knows exactly where to look ;).
Just remembered I can run KDE Control Center from GNOME by launching it from a shell 'kcontrol &'...
<snip>
Thank you much, Carl. I reset these and will wait to burn a CD to find out if it worked. Interesting the granularity one can get working with *nix as compared to Wintendo.
A no go. Still incomplete. How is your experience Kai? Any other sliders to use?
On Saturday 13 May 2006 02:07 am, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
On Wednesday 10 May 2006 11:23, kai wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 11:15 am, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 12:43, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Sounds plausible. Did not find the place to adjust the latency. Will have to wait until somebody knows exactly where to look ;).
Just remembered I can run KDE Control Center from GNOME by launching it from a shell 'kcontrol &'...
<snip>
Thank you much, Carl. I reset these and will wait to burn a CD to find out if it worked. Interesting the granularity one can get working with *nix as compared to Wintendo.
A no go. Still incomplete. How is your experience Kai?
I just burned a DVD. No, setting the sliders didn't seem to help. Not a big deal in the overall picture. Just odd.
Any other sliders to use?
I think you have to find the one which turns the volume to 11. -- kai
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