I thought you were having problems in other players? was top saying clementine was using 10% ? how much was pulse taking as clementine was running? Any other programs listed in top as you are using clementine? Check if clementine has a fade in delay. Odd tones makes me think corrupt files, which could be the sign of a disk going bad Same with blank audio You say it worked fine for a year, and you did no updates, that would make me think a hardware issue. You could look at iostat on the disk or check the number of bad sectors with smart tools On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 9:49 AM Victor Odhner wrote: > Victor M. > Thanks for the suggestions. I do think I need to try a new OS, so maybe > one of these. > I’ll grab another hard disk and start fresh, using the year-old disk to > copy my library and scripts. > In my researching, I’ve encountered a number of complaints about > PulseAudio. > > Anybody familiar with either AV Linux or KX Studio? > > Aaron: > I have various people running this system, so command line is definitely > out of the question. Everyone knows Windows, so if my next attempt doesn’t > work perfectly I’ll have to cave in and buy Win10. Being the sole geek is > not good for the organization. > (The way cmus is described tells me it very should work extremely well.) > > Bob: > I’m using a small amount of my year-old 2 TB hard disk. > TOP says I’m using <10% of my CPU. I haven’t run any updates, in the year > it’s been running. > I hardly look at bitrate, so don’t know. Clementine shows song moving > smoothly with no sound, then sound kicks in at five seconds into the song. > If music is corrupted, why would it play smoothly in several other > programs? > ________________ > > On 20190430, at 06:49, Bob Elzer wrote: > > hard drive or ssd? What size and how much free space? > Have you tried running top to see if the CPU is getting overloaded? > Are you doing regular updates? You say it was running fine, did you start > having problems after an update. If that is the case, do you really need to > do the updates? If it ain't broke... > Could be a drive problem how old is the drive? > What bitrate is the music? Is the music stuttering or actually continuing > later in the song? > Can you copy the music file you had the problem with to another computer > to make sure it didn't get corrupted? > _____________________ > > On 20190430, at 01:25, Aaron Jones wrote: > > Try cmus if you are comfortable doing it from the command line. You get a > tui for managing it but it can also be scripted. > https://cmus.github.io/ > > _____________________ > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 1:49 AM Victor Montoya > wrote: > >> I suggest Linux Calculate. It is a Gentoo based distro that I believe >> doesn't have pulse audio. >> I also suggest Linux MX. It is Debian based and had system d and pulse >> audio by passed. It will also probably be easier to install and maintain. >> I find that many audio problems have their roots in System D and pulse >> audio. >> _____________________ >> >> On Apr 29, 2019, at 11:13 PM, Victor Odhner wrote: >> >> A computer I built, dedicated to play music in church, is muting pieces >> of the music. It used to run smoothly. >> >> Can someone suggest a *more stable music-playing distro of Linux,* >> and/or a better *play-list manager*? >> >> *Requirements;* >> Maintain my mp3 library and manage play-lists. >> Build a play-list for an event. Play each song on cue, and stop when done. >> Play a video program to a separate port (video projector), but not >> simultaneously with playing music. >> >> I had used Clementine for managing and playing the music. >> Now music is not always played smoothly: some segments are muted, and an >> occasional “rogue” note is played out of place. >> I have tried different tests, switched some hardware, but I think my >> problem is software. >> >> *The problem:* Clementine has served us well for about a year. >> Now,* when I play a song, it mutes the first five seconds of the song!* >> >> A few songs work well, consistently. For a few other songs I get the >> first beat of the song, then it plays the next five seconds silently, then >> turns the sound back on. Every now and then, just a beat or two is replaced >> by a rogue note from the same song; those are not reproducible. >> >> Clementine has a feature where we can mark the last song in a group, but >> now that is broken too: it stops at the end of the marked song, but spits >> out one beat of the next song! >> >> *Status:* I am desparate. >> I could try to update from Mint 18 to 19. >> I thought Linux wouldn’t jerk me around like Windows does. Maybe the >> wrong distro? >> Does PulseAudio have something to do with this? Should I use JACK? >> I could try AV Linux — it’s 32bit not 64, but is supposed to be extremely >> stable with rich audio repositories. >> I could try KX Studio — supposedly very stable, with frequent tested >> updates of audio tools. >> >> I could switch to (gasp!) windows since I’m the only Linux geek in the >> organization. Help me to be strong! >> >> *The problem is not just with Clementine.* >> I tested with some other software: >> * *Rhythmbox* plays well, with the occasional *injection of a rogue >> note.* >> * *Media Player* seems to run well, and *SM Player* & *MPV* likewise. >> But these *aren’t good for managing play lists.* >> * *VLC* sputters along continually in a sort of motorboat pattern. You >> can hear the song faintly, with bits of the song alternating with muted >> moments several times a second. >> * I tried *Audacity* for an extra “player” test: I used it as the “open >> with” choice for a song. As it launched, it made *a nasty scratching >> noise* that I have not learned before. But then when I hit the play >> button it rendered the song nicely, like Media Player etc. >> >> In my research I’ve found discussions of earlier troubles in Mint, with >> scratching noises and stuff. Mine seems different. >> >> Does this sound like >> >> *Computer Configuration:* >> Intel Celeron CPU G3930 800.048 MHZ >> MOBO Gigabyte H110M-M2-CF >> Audio HDA-INTEL PCH, USB Audio CODEC >> CODEC REALTEC ALC887-VD >> HDA Intel PCH Line Out ALSA Driver Ver K4.10.0-38-generic >> (Audio is fed from USB port to a Behringer U-Control adapter, then to the >> Mackie mixer board.) >> MINT 18.3 (MATE 1.18.2 Metacity Marco) >> x86_64 Linux - OS Release 4.10.0-36 generic >> Memory: 8 GB. >> >> Thanks for any suggestion you might have for me. >> Victor Odhner >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss