Output of my USB audio device gets progressively bitcrushed

Bug #1782597 reported by dwan
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

After a while (between 5 and 10min), the output of my MOTU Ultralite AVB usb sound card gets dirtier and faintier (sounds like a bitcrushing effect) until there is no sound anymore. Sometimes muting the sound and switching to internal audio device and back to the motu will make the sound clean again, sometimes not. The Motu works ok with windows.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: alsa-base (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jul 19 16:52:34 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-01 (809 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_Card: UltraLite AVB Baptiste - UltraLite AVB Baptiste
Symptom_PulseAudioLog:
 juil. 19 16:29:48 multivac pulseaudio[1945]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Home directory not accessible: Permission non accordée
 juil. 19 16:29:48 multivac pulseaudio[1945]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Impossible d'accèder au verrou autonome.
 juil. 19 16:29:48 multivac pulseaudio[1945]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock
 juil. 19 16:30:00 multivac dbus-daemon[1441]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1' unit='rtkit-daemon.service' requested by ':1.52' (uid=108 pid=3980 comm="/usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog " label="unconfined")
 juil. 19 16:30:06 multivac systemd[1]: session-c1.scope: Killing process 3980 (pulseaudio) with signal SIGTERM.
Symptom_Type: Sound works for a while, then breaks
Title: [USB-Audio - UltraLite AVB Baptiste, playback] fails after a while
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-29 (50 days ago)

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dwan (dwanafite) wrote :
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Richard A Hofer (atomic-quark) wrote :

Unforunately, I believe this is an issue with the MOTU Ultralite AVB. Several people are actively trying to solve it over here: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18046

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in alsa-driver (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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