[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#768383: Bug#768383: (alsa-base: sound is mixed with crackling static)

[Alan McConnell]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 09:13:27PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Alan McConnell <alan at his.com> [2014-11-07 14:05 -0500]:
> 

> > > tools -> preferences -> Audio -> Output module -> ALSA audio output
> > I don't understand this line.  Can you be more specific?
> 
> Run vlc and set the output to "ALSA audio output"
      	     I tried all the possibilities.  Each gave a worse
	     noise.   :(


> > I have just done this.  But I don't understand the
> > relationship between ALSA and pulseaudio.  Are they
> > competitors? supposed to work together?
> 
> They should.
	    <G>



> First we have to find out whether pulsaudio or ALSA is crackling.
> Second you should be adviced to upgrade to drivers and software
> which are maintained.
  	   That was the whole point of my moving from Squeeze to
	   Wheezy.   But I seem to have taken a step backward.

Do you think I should submit another bug report, this time about
pulseaudio?  I don't understand why an "upgrade" is necessary.
Maybe I should go back to Squeeze;  I still have the set of
DVDs.

Do you perhaps know of a Debian expert who really knows about
how sound works, on Wheezy?

Again, thanks for your E-mail.

Alan

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