MX-17.1: Twinkle produces crackling sound output

[MX-16_fan]

@all:

I made a test with the Twinkle SIP VoIP application that we have in MX's (Debian's) repo, 1:1.10.1+dfsg-2. This is a slightly, but not all too, outdated version.

However, it has shown to be barely useable, as all sound output produced was severely crackling.

I guess this is due to some PulseAudio vs. ALSA problem.

Any hints as to how this can be fixed?


Greetings, Joe

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Try https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... _crackling

[MX-16_fan]

@Head_on_a_Stick:

Try https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pu ... _crackling

Thanks for the hint, I'll keep that in mind. For now, I've solved the problem by uninstalling PulseAudio and replacing it by ALSA (see viewtopic.php?f=108&t=51889). Greetings, Joe

[JayM]

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[Head_on_a_Stick]

I've solved the problem by uninstalling PulseAudio and replacing it by ALSA

You haven't replaced PA with ALSA because PA runs on top of ALSA

And that's a workaround rather than a solution.

Would it be possible to test my suggested fix and see if it works? Other people may suffer with this problem and prefer to retain PA so it might be useful for them.

[MX-16_fan]

@Head_on_a_Stick :

(...) You haven't replaced PA with ALSA because PA runs on top of ALSA

Thanks for the correction.

(...) And that's a workaround rather than a solution. (...)

Currently I tend to see an immense value in forever getting rid of PulseAudio (cf. viewtopic.php?f=108&t=51889), so this is much more a solution than a workaround.

(...) Would it be possible to test my suggested fix and see if it works? Other people may suffer with this problem and prefer to retain PA so it might be useful for them.

Sure, next time I encounter this problem on a PulseAudio-based MX Linux system I'd be happy to do that, and to report on the results.




Greetings, and have a nice week, Joe