Ubuntu
audacity package

ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred

Bug #1667520 reported by Walter Ribeiro
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
audacity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When recording to a new track in Audacity, occasionally this problem occurs.
I hear a lot of noise and the record stops.

The output is:
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
Expression 'err' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3355
Expression 'ContinuePoll( self, StreamDirection_In, &pollTimeout, &pollCapture )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3881
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_WaitForFrames( stream, &framesAvail, &xrun )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4253

I'm using Ubuntu Studio 16.04 fresh install, regularly updated.
Audacity 2.1.2

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in audacity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
vedavata (vedavrata) wrote :

audacity (Audacity 2.1.2) hangs on 3-hour MP3-file with such messages (or maybe these messages is not connected to the hangups):
"""
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
1: »0⋅1/1⋅1/1⋅1/1
1: »0⋅1/1⋅1/1⋅1/1
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
1: »0⋅1/1⋅1/1⋅1/1
1: »0⋅1/1⋅1/1⋅1/1
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
1: »0⋅1/1⋅1/1⋅1/1
1: »0⋅1/1⋅1/1⋅1/1
ALSA lib pcm.c:7963:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred
"""

 audacity -v
(Audacity:7005): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_disable_setlocale() must be called before gtk_init()

 uname -a
Linux Dell-XPS-L502X 4.8.0-51-generic #54~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 26 16:00:28 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

Audacity 2.1.2
   Core Libraries
libsoxr (Sample rate conversion) Enabled
PortAudio (Audio playback and recording) v19
wxWidgets (Cross-platform GUI library) 3.0.2
    Build Information
Program build date: Jan 29 2016
Commit Id: No revision identifier was provided
Build type: Release build
Installation Prefix: /usr

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