Re: sound card interruptions

[Rene Maurer]

Eric Wong <address@hidden> wrote:
> Rene Maurer <address@hidden> wrote:

> Is that from a loose USB cable?  Sometimes they wear out if
> you're constantly unplugging/replugging it.

USB cable is ok. I assume it is the computer hardware (or DAC). It
happened three times in the last two years. So very rarely...


> I think it actually tries everything in the queue and fails
> every single one before stopping.

Yes that is exactly what I can see.

>> This behavior is logical. Is it still possibe to avoid this, so that
>> dtas continues playing at the same position as before the interruption
>> (and without clearing the queue)?
>
> Not sure.  I'm not sure if play(1) exits with enough info to
> know it's a recoverable error or not.  I'll have look into it
> when I get the chance (maybe in a few weeks, been busy on
> other stuff).

Thanks.