[linux-audio-user] Audio Dropouts

[Paul Davis]

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 03:55 +0900, Joel Roth wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 05:29:57PM -0600, Gary Nored wrote:
> > I have a problem burning standard audio CDs. On Ubuntu (Dapper Drake), 
> > using K3b I am able to burn all variety of disks (wavs, mp3s, etc) but 
> > when I create a standard audio CD I get dropouts. They do not sound like 
> > a disconnect, but rather more like a controlled fade, followed 
> > immediately by a fade to full volume. The whole dropout usually lasts 
> > 1/4 sec or so, though occasionally a dropout is not restored for the 
> > remainder of the track. The format of the source material is irrelevant. 
> > (PS. The drive was taken from an XP box where it creates audio CDs 
> > perfectly.)
> > 
> > I've looked about for answers, but have never heard this symptom 
> > described elsewhere.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Only to try another burning application, such as
> cdrecord to see the problem arises.

AFAIK, *all* cd burning apps use cdrecord. they are just GUI wrappers
around cdrecord's functionality.

this sounds like an issue with system configuration. can you try running
k3b as root and see if the same thing happens?