Re: [alsa-devel] underruns and strange code in pcm_rate.c (and patch)

Stas Sergeev wrote:

Hi.

I spent 4 week-ends debugging the constant underruns and lock-ups with the libao-based programs.

I think I'm seeing the same problem. When I play certain video files with mplayer and "-ao oss", the video plays much faster than normal, the audio cuts out, and my audio driver gets called the STOP command at the end of a period.

See my thread, "Any OSS changes from kernel 2.6.21 to 2.6.23? Something broke.", although I no longer believe that this is a problem only with newer kernels.