Version: 2.0.1 (using KDE KDE 3.2.1) Installed from: Gentoo Packages Compiler: gcc-3.3.2 OS: Linux MP3 playback skips during high disk IO (from other processes). It would be nice if JuK buffered a portion of the MP3 (or all of it) so that disk IO isn't an issue.
JuK doesn't handle MP3 playback -- that's handled (including the buffering schemes) completely by the backends. You can adjust the buffer size for aRts in KControl however.
1. Make sure your buffer setting for artsd is not too small 2. Enable realtime-priority for artsd 3. make sure the "artswrapper" binary is setuid root (2. only works with that one, sane distros should do that automatically though) 4. OPTIONAL: Hack mpeglib to use bigger input buffers, I still have to ask somebody if we can bump the buffer to at least 2-4x the size it is now with all these changes it's quite hard to make noatun, juk or amarok skip if you have a semi decent system.