O2 Joggler Forum

roobarb! wrote:Don't bother messing with these files yourselves now - just go and grab the new version with Settings > Update.

You'll find the ability to switch between mixer and direct output under Settings > Audio Settings > Interface Configuration > Software Mixer.

roobarb! wrote:

johnnygal wrote:The chipmunks are back in town!

Hehe, yes - they are! It was a deliberate choice, actually. The simple asound.conf file gives you chipmunks, but it never fails. There have been some reports of the asound.conf using the mixer (shown in loaded's post above) results in audio dropouts after SqueezePlay has been running for some hours.

I thought it better to go with reliability by default, because at least the chipmunk issue is instantly identifiable. I'm going to put something together to allow switching between the two configurations without having to dive into the command line.

pcm.!default {
   type plug
   slave.pcm {
     type hw
     card 0
   }
}
ctl.!default {
   type hw
   card 0
}

roobarb! wrote:Thanks for that, mrw - really helpful. Going to try out your alternative asound.conf now.

With the other options, where exactly would you specify those includes? In /etc/asound.conf or in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf - or somewhere else? And how does that make it specific to SqueezePlay (or, more correctly, jive)?

<confdir:asound.conf>
pcm.!default {
   type plug
   slave.pcm {
     type hw
     card 0
   }
}
ctl.!default {
   type hw
   card 0
}

roobarb! wrote:Having run with mrw's new simple asound.conf all night, it would appear that it is indeed the panacea I've been looking for. Resampling is working and it survived the night. So, there's an update!

Version 1.43 is out now, with the new asound.conf_simple and an updated JogglerAudio applet that allows switching between the internal (card 0) audio interface and a USB (card 1) interface. This isn't as refined as I would like it to be, and I still need to mull over mrw's ideas in the post above, but for the time being at least it solves a couple of things that have been a tad irritating. Happy weekend, everyone!

oggie wrote:The new version with the updated asound.conf is working great, thanks for the update Roobarb.

One last small issue (I'll not bother you again after this!)... is there a way to reduce the volume of the sound effects even further? I've tried setting the volume to minimum, but they are still too loud.

johnnygal wrote:When I have come to it, squeezeplay is not running and the Ubuntu update manager is on display - related? I can also see that it is always about 08:06 in the morning? Is this when the update manager runs?

roobarb! wrote:

johnnygal wrote:When I have come to it, squeezeplay is not running and the Ubuntu update manager is on display - related? I can also see that it is always about 08:06 in the morning? Is this when the update manager runs?

It sounds to me like the update manager is running and pushing SqueezePlay into the background, essentially behind the desktop. Switching off the checks should solve it, I would have thought.

roobarb! wrote:Just posted SqueezePlay OS, which some of you might be interested in.

mrw wrote:Does it use X11 for the user interface ?

ARJunior wrote:Installation of SSH service doesn't seem to work correctly...the system hangs (freeze on installation screen) and I've to reboot the Joggler :s