[LAU] Endlessly-stuttttttttttttttttering ALSA audio

[Clemens Ladisch]

Ken Restivo wrote:
> I've heard audio stutter briefly on machines, usually under heavy CPU
> load, but what could be causing it to stutter endlessly (until the
> application quits), on one frame with low/no load?

The software has stopped updating the buffer (for whatever reason), but
the hardware hasn't been told about that and continues playing it.

> What could be done to stop it from doing that?

Fix whatever bug is causing this.  Or just reset the software.


Regards,
Clemens