[cma-l] Audio crackling

[Tony Bailey]

Greetings Peter,

I saw you mention multicast on another thread here. As I understand it,
this involves sending a stream to the network routers where it is split
into client (listener) streams. Unfortunately it depends on the network
operators to implement it and I don't think the majors are about to.
Ubuntu Linux has some sort of built-in logging system which is
apparently needed to identify customers, so if you can find a network
operator who has the system, it is potentially available.

Re the crackling, I don't know if you are running a server as well on
this pc but the old kit we had used to bleep if it was hot not crackle!

Seriously, if a reboot solves it I would check out the software for the
processor loading and memory usage, in geek-talk a memory leak for
example which is time-dependent.

Regards,  Tony Bailey

London Chinese Radio wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wonder if anyone has had problems with audio crackling?
> I have recently changed to a different streaming PC, (because it was XP, 
> and I had a Marian marc8 midi sound card which has 8 ins and outs, but 
> doesn't support Win7), and it was fine for about a month, until it 
> started crackling. I put all the audio on a seperate HD, and because 
> they are quite close together, I also fitted a large fan next to them, 
> which delivers quite an icy blast across the disks.
> It starts crackling after a few hours, and it ruins the stream. It is 
> solvable by rebooting. I originally thought it could be something 
> overheating, but since it is solved by rebooting, without the time for 
> anything to cool down, I don't think that is it.
> 
> System info:
> 
> Airmate out into Soundcard in (channels 1 & 2)
> mAirlist (6 Channels) and computer audio (2 channels) via Soundcard outs 
> into Airmate channels
> Asus P5K-VM motherboard with an Intel Core2 duo CPU. (it's a Red Sub 
> computer with a few extra things I've added) 
> The CPU cooler is a bog standard one but with a funnel that directs the 
> hot air out of a vent on the side.
> 
> Anyway, if you have an idea, I'd really appreciate any advice.
> 
> 
> Peter Vautier
> London Chinese Radio
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