Audacity Forum

Ok, I have tracked down the problem to the call of AlsaOpen in lib-src/portaudio-v19/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c/TestParameters, line 1067: PA_ENSURE( AlsaOpen( hostApi, parameters, streamDir, &pcm ) ); Since I'm sure that the sound device supports the requested 44100 Hz, I inserted a retur...

Hi stevethefiddle,

the package I'm using is built from source (same as with my own linux system). I have shown the config params in my first mail.

For sure if I find more I will publish it, but I'm afaraid that I'm not familiar enough with the sound system for debugging this problem.

Ado

Hi all, I have found two (inconvenient) ways to avoid the delay. Perhaps these observations help to track down the problem. 1. If I first startup firefox, play a sound within firefox (e.g. a tune on http://www.jpc.de or http://www.dradio.de -> Flash), then start audacity and select "ALSA: defau...

Thanks for your hint, but it doesn't change anything. I also removed ~/.audacity* and /tmp/audacity* without any change.

Kind regards,

Ado

Hi, when starting playback of a short test sound, I recognize a delay of about one second every time after pressing the space key or the start button until the real playback starts. When opening "Help -> Audio Device Info" it takes about 10 seconds before the window with the results appear...