Pianobar (Pandora Radio Client) audio problem

[DrKlaw]

I recently installed pianobar (a CLI Pandora radio client) via PanDebian and it works pretty well except that the audio becomes very choppy if I use any other application while listening. I've tried increasing the process priority with no luck.


Has anyone seen anything like this with applications in PanDebian?


Thanks

 

[Occasionaluse]

I haven't used it in PanDebian, but I'm working on using it natively. I've got it compiled, just having some linking issues...

 

[Grench]

Glad to hear that is being worked on. I used to listen to Pandora radio on my Pandora Console, but Pandora Radio made their web site so graphics and animation heavy that it became unusable - it would overrun and crash Firefox.


Looking forward to it!

 

[Occasionaluse]

Well, I've got it compiled and running, but I can't login. I get an "Error: Unknown"...

I'll post an strace or whatever if anyone is willing to help. I'll probably bang my head on it a little while longer in the meantime...

 

[Grench]

Does it make it far enough that the ascii front end populates the terminal?


Here is a thread of someone compiling it on Ubuntu:


http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1533357


Are you using the most updated client from:


http://6xq.net/projects/pianobar/


Packages outside of debian are used:


http://6xq.net/blog/2012/cgit/


You probably know all of that already though.

 

[vandyswa]

I haven't used it in PanDebian, but I'm working on using it natively. I've got it compiled, just having some linking issues...

I had to cross compile a C based JSON library along with libao, after which pianobar built no problem. I set the libao config to default to alsa, and pianobar works great!