pa_simple_read audio cutting out

[fstriley]

Application calls pa_simple_new, then loops over:

if (pa_simple_read(g_simple, adbuf, sizeof(adbuf), &err) < 0) {

sprintf (errmsg, "Failed to read %d bytes from PulseAudio: %s", sizeof(adbuf), pa_strerror(err)); return -1;

} fwrite(adbuf, sizeof(adbuf), 1, rawfh);

for about 4 seconds.

The audio file has small time increments cut out. Eg. If I say "I have a watermelon" while in the recording loop. File playback sounds like "I've a watermelon" or "ave a watermelon."

I've tried setting buffer attributes in pa_simple_new call: // pabufatr.maxlength = (uint32_t) -1; // pabufatr.fragsize = (uint32_t) -1; // pabufatr.tlength = (uint32_t) -1; // pabufatr.prebuf = (uint32_t) -1; // pabufatr.minreq = (uint32_t) -1; but pa_simple_new fails when I do so.

Is this normal ? I feel like I should be able to expect such a simple loop to get all the audio. The system (Core 2 Duo @ 1.5GHz each) is doing nothing else during the loop.

Any help would be appreciated.

[lennart]

Could attach a test case, please?

[fstriley]

Thanks for your reply. Quite frankly it had been so long I forgot what the problem was. When it came back to me I realized that we have come to believe that it's a hardware problem with an old model of microphone and NOT a pulseaudio problem. So, I think this ticket can be closed. OK ? Thanks, Fred.