Music stops when hdd put to work

nykey · 06-17-2006, 08:21 PM

Hi. I have little problem. When I have xmms running and playing if I do something wich requires the hdd to work a little bit more (mostly when I copy large files and directories or I download something with Linux DC++ at a high speed) my music suddenly stops and I have to push the play button again. This may look like a little thing but I think something is wrong, with my hdd with my installation, I don't know what but would really like to find out. Please ask any info you need to check for my hardware or software and I'll post as fast as I can. Thanks alot.

nykey · 06-17-2006, 08:52 PM

Ok so I did a little bit of testing and used amarok now as a player and copied the whole slackware-current dir from /root to /home/nykey wich would be enough for xmms to stop playing, but amarok didn't stop. That means the issue is in xmms... but still I would like to keep xmms as my player, so what should I do ?

jayn16 · 06-18-2006, 02:04 AM

I`ve got the same problem.Xmms just stops playing when hdd is put to work !!

Jeebizz · 06-18-2006, 02:35 AM

It has to be a priority setting under xmms. Look under the mp3 driver, or somewhere under the xmms preference settings, and see if you can change the priority playback, from realtime to a lower one, that might help under xmms. Amarok should have the same settings, but probably handles realtime playback better than xmms, since xmms is dated.

cs-cam · 06-18-2006, 06:00 AM

Or the DMA setting on your disk. What's the output of this?

Code:

hdparm /dev/sda # or whatever your drive is

nykey · 06-18-2006, 07:18 AM

I've searched xmms settings and the only thing I could find was Use real time priority wich was's checked so it wasn't using realtime.
And for second question:

Code:

root@nykey:~# hdparm -tT /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing cached reads:   1676 MB in  2.00 seconds = 838.00 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  170 MB in  3.03 seconds =  56.11 MB/sec
root@nykey:~# hdparm -tT /dev/hdd

/dev/hdd:
 Timing cached reads:   1696 MB in  2.00 seconds = 848.00 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  164 MB in  3.02 seconds =  54.30 MB/sec
root@nykey:~#

and even more info:

Code:

root@nykey:~# hdparm -iI /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=WDC WD800JB-00JJC0, FwRev=05.01C05, SerialNo=WD-WCAM95146812
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=66
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=8192kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: device does not report version:

 * signifies the current active mode


ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       WDC WD800JB-00JJC0
        Serial Number:      WD-WCAM95146812
        Firmware Revision:  05.01C05
Standards:
        Supported: 6 5 4 3
        Likely used: 6
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  156301488
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       76319 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       80026 MBytes (80 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 66     Queue depth: 1
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    READ BUFFER cmd
           *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Write cache
           *    Power Management feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    SMART feature set
           *    Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
           *    Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
                SET MAX security extension
           *    DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
           *    SMART self-test
           *    SMART error logging
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
        not     frozen
        not     expired: security count
        not     supported: enhanced erase
HW reset results:
        CBLID- above Vih
        Device num = 0 determined by the jumper
Checksum: correct
root@nykey:~# hdparm -iI /dev/hdd

/dev/hdd:

 Model=ST380011A, FwRev=3.06, SerialNo=3JV3V3J7
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=65535/1/63, CurSects=4128705, LBA=yes, LBAsects=156301488
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
 AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2:

 * signifies the current active mode


ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       ST380011A
        Serial Number:      3JV3V3J7
        Firmware Revision:  3.06
Standards:
        Used: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 2
        Supported: 6 5 4 3
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   65535
        heads           16      1
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:    4128705
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  156301488
        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  156301488
        device size with M = 1024*1024:       76319 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:       80026 MBytes (80 GB)
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        bytes avail on r/w long: 4      Queue depth: 1
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 16
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 0
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=240ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    READ BUFFER cmd
           *    WRITE BUFFER cmd
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Write cache
           *    Power Management feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    SMART feature set
           *    FLUSH CACHE EXT command
           *    Mandatory FLUSH CACHE command
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
           *    48-bit Address feature set
                SET MAX security extension
           *    DOWNLOAD MICROCODE cmd
           *    SMART self-test
           *    SMART error logging
Security:
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
        not     frozen
        not     expired: security count
        not     supported: enhanced erase
HW reset results:
        CBLID- above Vih
        Device num = 1 determined by CSEL
Checksum: correct
root@nykey:~#

Code:

root@nykey:~# df -ha
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdd1             9.4G  4.8G  4.6G  52% /
proc                     0     0     0   -  /proc
/dev/hdd2              65G   26G   39G  40% /home
/dev/hda2              69G   11G   58G  16% /mnt/win_d
devpts                   0     0     0   -  /dev/pts
usbfs                    0     0     0   -  /proc/bus/usb
root@nykey:~#

That should do it, right ?

Spy47 · 10-08-2006, 11:37 AM

I have the same problem, but I don't know what to do

aaron4katie · 01-02-2007, 08:52 AM

I have the same XMMS problem, at least it sounds like it. In Fedora Core 6 though. Whenever some things are installed (not all) it'll stop, it won't pause.. it still displays the play icon. So I have to pause and then play to continue from the same place, Maybe trying out real-time could be an option, I'm trying it, but it isn't recommended. In real-time the songs keep stopping but starting again automatically.. jumping but I'm not really doing anything with the processor or hard drive and so I don't think it is helping. You could try out real player which comes with things like MP3 playback with it or Amarok.. even Kaffeine player.. it's just a shame because xmms has some great features.