2008-03-17 15:51:45 mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cameron Barfield (UNITED STATES)
Message: 52600
I've got mmap/dmix working now (off of the 2008 branch).
When running mediastream (from linphone 2.0.1) with mmap enabled for the ad1981, I get the following:
ortp-warning-alsa_set_params: The period size 256 is not supported by your hardware.
==> Using 85 instead.
ortp-warning-Only 85 samples written instead of 160
ortp-warning-We are late of 143 miliseconds.
ortp-warning-Only 85 samples written instead of 160
ortp-warning-Only 85 samples written instead of 160
ortp-warning-Only 85 samples written instead of 160
ortp-warning-Only 85 samples written instead of 160
Sometimes, I'll also get a kernel panic:
Data access CPLB miss
- Used by the MMU to signal a CPLB miss on a data access.
Kernel OOPS in progress
mediastream used to work with a period size of 256, and it probably still does if mmap is disabled (I haven't checked yet). I've tried a handful of other values for the period size, but I always end up getting pushed down to 85.
How does changing to mmap affect the way alsa decides what period size the hardware supports? Also, how does one go about choosing the correct period size (I know that last question is for the linphone group, but they're really hit-and-miss about whether or not they answer).
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2008-03-17 16:06:08 Re: mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cameron Barfield (UNITED STATES)
Message: 52603 Maybe I answered my own question:
root:/> cat proc/asound/bf5xxboard/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 512
buffer_size: 8192
tick_time: 4000
But even if I set period size to 512 in mediastreamer2/src/alsa.c, I get the same errors/warnings.
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2008-03-17 22:02:01 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cliff Cai (CHINA)
Message: 52623
Currently,when enable mmap,the dmix plugin is also enabled.Because dmix never check underrun(never stop/restart during playing),so it will cause a period time of noise at the time when underrun should happens(especially in linphone case),alsa developer suggests that increasing the period_size and buffer_size is good to alleviate this situation,for stabilization consideration ,currently I set a fixed period_size (1536) when enable mmap.
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2008-03-17 22:07:14 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cliff Cai (CHINA)
Message: 52624
BTW,please update the code to the latest revision.
Cliff
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2008-03-18 14:00:43 Re: 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cameron Barfield (UNITED STATES)
Message: 52714 I updated my sources.
The warnings about period size and samples written are gone, but I'm hearing audible pops and scratches in the audio stream when under runs occur now.
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2008-03-18 18:34:02 Re: 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cameron Barfield (UNITED STATES)
Message: 52722 The pops happen anywhere from every 30 seconds to every 4 minutes.
Basically, it's come back around to where we were on 2007-10-29:
I'll let the latest branch build run overnight to test for longevity anyway.
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2008-03-18 19:32:56 Re: 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cameron Barfield (UNITED STATES)
Message: 52723 Maybe not...
The pops may have been hardware related. The two boards we were testing on had poor quality crystals installed on the 1980. I'll run over night on good hardware and let you know what happens.
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2008-03-19 11:26:27 Re: 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cameron Barfield (UNITED STATES)
Message: 52760 The changes you made Monday night appear to be working quite well. With the new period size, I no longer get any warnings about sample rates being incorrect or that too few samples are being written.
The pops and under runs were being caused by fault hardware. When I re-tested using a good crystal, I only see one under run every 3-5 minutes and there is no corresponding pop.
Thank you very much
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2008-03-19 22:39:41 回复： Re: 回复： mediastream, alsa, ad1981 and mmap
Cliff Cai (CHINA)
Message: 52793 You are welcome!
Cliff