audacity quits

catworld · 01-16-2007, 08:33 AM

Running Mandriva 2007 power pack, audacity records audio streaming from the internet for about 3 minutes then aborts with this message:

audacity: pa_unix_oss/pa_unix_oss.c:1604: PaOSS_AudioThreadProc: Assertion `frames == framesAvail' failed.
Aborted

The temp directory has plenty of room, 84 hours of recording time according to the app.

Audacity worked flawlessly under 2006 om the same machine.

No clue what the error means, any ideas would be appreciated.

studioj · 01-17-2007, 07:17 PM

in audacity can you choose a different device other than oss which is /dev/dsp
if so that would be native alsa device and should be better.
you might have to match quality settings to avoid conversions for native alsa to work.
next try different settings in the quality tab under preferences if you have to use /dev/dsp.
also you can try some different settings in your .asoundrc file

catworld · 01-17-2007, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by studioj

in audacity can you choose a different device other than oss which is /dev/dsp
if so that would be native alsa device and should be better.
you might have to match quality settings to avoid conversions for native alsa to work.
next try different settings in the quality tab under preferences if you have to use /dev/dsp.
also you can try some different settings in your .asoundrc file

Changing the device to native alsa as you suggested did the trick! Thank you, studioj!! That had been a show stopper with my new Mandriva 2007 installation. Back in the saddle again!

LQ and great folks like you in here sharing help with total strangers... this forum is the second best thing to Linux itself!

J.W. · 01-18-2007, 12:36 AM

Excellent - thanks catworld for posting back with the update and of course thanks likewise studioj for providing helpful info. This is exactly the kind of thing that make LQ be LQ