Re: different test results

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Getting rid of pulseaudio is easier said than done on archlinux at 
least.

On Sat, 14 Nov 2015, Tim Cross wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:20:37
> From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: emacspeak <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: different test results
>
> Yes, ALSA is the low level sound infrastructure. However, if your system is
> using pulseaudio and either you use alsa utils (like aplay) rather than the
> pulseaudio equivalents, such as paplay or you create an asoundrc file, you
> can get all sorts of unexpected issues as well as reduced performance.
>
> I've found pulseaudio works really well on modern distros, but if you
> prefer to use alsa directly, your probably better off getting rid of
> pulseaudio to avoid unwanted interaction between the two which may cause
> inconsistent results with respect to audio
>
> On 14 November 2015 at 08:23, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The basic sound output is alsa since pulseaudio doesn't make any sound but
> > does manage alsa.
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, Tim Cross wrote:
> >
> > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 15:36:38
> > > From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: emacspeak <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: different test results
> > >
> > >
> > > Are you using alsa or pulseaudio as your basic sound output?
> > >
> > > I would be surprised if SOX is causing problems. One of the options for
> > > playing auditory icons now uses SOX. I've used this as my default for
> > > auditory icons on both Linux and OSX for the past few months and it works
> > > really well. I am using viavoice outloud on linux rather than espeak
> > > though.
> > >
> > > It isn't clear (to me) from your email exactly what you expected from your
> > > tests and what is not working correctly.
> > >
> > > On 8 November 2015 at 20:54, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Before doing the next test, I removed the sox package from the system then
> > > > rebooted.
> > > > This time tclsh enter just said espeak next q "this is a test." enter d
> > > > enter said this is a test.  I couldn't find any percent signs on the
> > > > screen
> > > > even after hitting the enter key a couple times so I typed exit enter and
> > > > exited back to the servers directory.  With emacspeak starting up on
> > > > emacs,
> > > > speech is at normal speed not slower.  That sox package and emacspeak may
> > > > not play nicely together.
> > > > I put it on the machine to enable recording from microphone into files on
> > > > the computer originally.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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