Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262765AbTKAO6l (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:58:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263824AbTKAO6k (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:58:40 -0500 Received: from 194.149.109.108.adsl.nextra.cz ([194.149.109.108]:59529 "EHLO gate2.perex.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262765AbTKAO6k (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:58:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:57:32 +0100 (CET) From: Jaroslav Kysela X-X-Sender: perex@pnote.perex-int.cz To: Anthony DiSante Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Audio skips when RAM is ~full In-Reply-To: <3FA3AB99.1060408@nodivisions.com> Message-ID: References: <3FA34523.30902@nodivisions.com> <20031101062050.GA13731@alpha.home.local> <3FA353E4.60906@nodivisions.com> <20031101071907.GA6300@alpha.home.local> <3FA3AB99.1060408@nodivisions.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 21 On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Anthony DiSante wrote: > Yeah... in my experience, the whole ac'97 deal is pretty buggy (for one > thing, with both ALSA and OSS drivers, output is distorted unless I keep the > volume below ~70%...). It's ok. The AC97 codecs can apply gain (not only attenuation). Thus you can overdrive your analog output and hear distortion. It's analog behaviour not a bug. Jaroslav ----- Jaroslav Kysela Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer ALSA Project, SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/