Re: [FFADO-user] Echo AudioFire 4 stability issues

[Luke T. <luk...@gm...>]

I'm using 2x AudioFire 12s and I think 256 or 512 was the lowest I
could run them, but they were stable. If the 4 is anything like the
12, FFADO only works with the oldest firmware, ALSA works with the
newer firmwares. Not sure if ALSA is causing your problem or your
buffer size, but I'm guessing it's the buffer size. Although if I
could run these things at a 64 buffer, that'd be something else.

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 5:19 PM Brian Hechinger <wo...@4a...> wrote:
>
> I've recently picked up an Echo AudioFire 4 to replace a USB device to
> get better latency.
>
>
> It does not want to play nice with my system. It doesn't work with ALSA
> at all and when used with jack in FFADO mode it crashes jack immediately
> at 32/2 or 32/3. I can get it to work running 64/2 or 64/3 but it does
> eventually crash jack at those settings as well.
>
>
> The error is always the same, unhandled xruns:
>
> ERROR: JackFFADODriver::ffado_driver_wait - unhandled xrun
> ERROR: firewire ERR: wait status < 0! (= -1)
> ERROR: JackAudioDriver::ProcessAsync: read error, stopping...
> ERROR: JackPosixProcessSync::LockedTimedWait error usec = 5000000 err =
> Connection timed out
> ERROR: Driver is not running
> ERROR: Cannot create new client
>
>
> I have no idea what firmware was on it so I downloaded the latest I
> could find (the 5.8 package) and put that on. It made no difference in
> behavior, but for all I know it had 5.8 on it before as well.
>
>
> I also got a Thunderbolt to firewire dongle for the mac and it seems to
> run flawlessly under Big Sur.
>
>
> The details are as follows:
>
> AMD Ryzen 3600X
>
> ASUS Prime B450-Plus
>
> Texus Instruments XIO2213B Firewire card
>
> Ubuntu Studio 20.04 - Same issue with 5.4-lowlatency, 5.8-lowlatency and
> 5.10-liquorix kernels
>
>
> Here are the diagnostic things I can figure out to send:
>
> https://gist.github.com/bhechinger/9974df59ce215b44678180ae5d6057b5
>
>
> This really seems like a nice little box. I'd really like to get it
> working at 32/2 but at this point I'd happily accept stable at all. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> -brian
>
>
>
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