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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.html b/doc/faq/faq.html
index 1de61961f..56c8691bd 100644
--- a/doc/faq/faq.html
+++ b/doc/faq/faq.html
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ HREF="#AEN334"
HREF="#AEN340"
>Changing the volume with the GUI control has no effect! What's up!?</A
></DT
+><DT
+><A
+HREF="#AEN343"
+>Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift by -2115 pts" on the console output</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
@@ -326,32 +331,32 @@ HREF="#VIDEO"
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN345"
+HREF="#AEN349"
>I can hear the audio - but I don't see a picture!</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN348"
+HREF="#AEN352"
>How can I make xine use the Xv extension and what drivers do I need?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN383"
+HREF="#AEN387"
>Some parts of my X Desktop get transparent when xine plays the video!</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN388"
+HREF="#AEN392"
>The aspect ratio of the video is wrong!</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN391"
+HREF="#AEN395"
>What is the difference between discarded and skipped frames?</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN399"
+HREF="#AEN403"
>My xine is runing in black and white! / I only get a gray video output!</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -365,47 +370,47 @@ HREF="#ERRORS"
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN406"
+HREF="#AEN410"
>Starting xine fails with complains about audio drivers/devices!</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN413"
+HREF="#AEN417"
>"no video port found"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN418"
+HREF="#AEN422"
>"Unable to open dvd drive (/dev/dvd)"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN422"
+HREF="#AEN426"
>"demux error! 00 00 00 (should be 0x000001)"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN427"
+HREF="#AEN431"
>"audio driver 'oss' failed, using null driver instead"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN438"
+HREF="#AEN442"
>"video_out: throwing away image with pts xxx because it's too old"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN441"
+HREF="#AEN445"
>"No video plugin available to decode 'xxxxxx'."</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN445"
+HREF="#AEN449"
>"w32codec: decoder failed to start. Is 'xxxxxx' installed?"</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN448"
+HREF="#AEN452"
>xine just crashed on me - i didn't get any error message</A
></DT
></DL
@@ -2158,6 +2163,28 @@ NAME="AEN340"
Similarly, with ac3 pass through it is not possible to set the volume.
</P
></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><HR><H2
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN343"
+></A
+>Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift by -2115 pts" on the console output</H2
+><P
+> Might be a soundcard problem, if it only comes in longer intervals.
+ Your soundcard does not keep it's sampling frequency accurately
+ enough, which results in audio and video
+ getting out of sync and xine has to compensate.
+ Maybe switching to different drivers (alsa to oss or vise-versa)
+ can help here.
+ </P
+><P
+> Another, whole different possibility is that you have some background
+ process running which is messing with the clock (like some ntp client -
+ chronny, ntpd, ...).
+ </P
+></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
@@ -2171,7 +2198,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN345"
+NAME="AEN349"
></A
>I can hear the audio - but I don't see a picture!</H2
><P
@@ -2184,7 +2211,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN348"
+NAME="AEN352"
></A
>How can I make xine use the Xv extension and what drivers do I need?</H2
><P
@@ -2327,7 +2354,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN383"
+NAME="AEN387"
></A
>Some parts of my X Desktop get transparent when xine plays the video!</H2
><P
@@ -2359,7 +2386,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN388"
+NAME="AEN392"
></A
>The aspect ratio of the video is wrong!</H2
><P
@@ -2371,7 +2398,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN391"
+NAME="AEN395"
></A
>What is the difference between discarded and skipped frames?</H2
><P
@@ -2422,7 +2449,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN399"
+NAME="AEN403"
></A
>My xine is runing in black and white! / I only get a gray video output!</H2
><P
@@ -2453,7 +2480,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN406"
+NAME="AEN410"
></A
>Starting xine fails with complains about audio drivers/devices!</H2
><P
@@ -2524,7 +2551,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN413"
+NAME="AEN417"
></A
>"no video port found"</H2
><P
@@ -2557,7 +2584,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN418"
+NAME="AEN422"
></A
>"Unable to open dvd drive (/dev/dvd)"</H2
><P
@@ -2587,7 +2614,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN422"
+NAME="AEN426"
></A
>"demux error! 00 00 00 (should be 0x000001)"</H2
><P
@@ -2610,7 +2637,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN427"
+NAME="AEN431"
></A
>"audio driver 'oss' failed, using null driver instead"</H2
><P
@@ -2687,7 +2714,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN438"
+NAME="AEN442"
></A
>"video_out: throwing away image with pts xxx because it's too old"</H2
><P
@@ -2703,7 +2730,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN441"
+NAME="AEN445"
></A
>"No video plugin available to decode 'xxxxxx'."</H2
><P
@@ -2722,7 +2749,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN445"
+NAME="AEN449"
></A
>"w32codec: decoder failed to start. Is 'xxxxxx' installed?"</H2
><P
@@ -2734,7 +2761,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN448"
+NAME="AEN452"
></A
>xine just crashed on me - i didn't get any error message</H2
><P
diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.sgml b/doc/faq/faq.sgml
index 456a0af5d..46fd4d64d 100644
--- a/doc/faq/faq.sgml
+++ b/doc/faq/faq.sgml
@@ -1139,6 +1139,23 @@
</para>
</sect1>
+ <sect1>
+ <title> Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift by -2115 pts" on the console output </title>
+
+ <para>
+ Might be a soundcard problem, if it only comes in longer intervals.
+ Your soundcard does not keep it's sampling frequency accurately
+ enough, which results in audio and video
+ getting out of sync and xine has to compensate.
+ Maybe switching to different drivers (alsa to oss or vise-versa)
+ can help here.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Another, whole different possibility is that you have some background
+ process running which is messing with the clock (like some ntp client -
+ chronny, ntpd, ...).
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter id="video">
diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.txt b/doc/faq/faq.txt
index ca50d92ba..4fe5dff8d 100644
--- a/doc/faq/faq.txt
+++ b/doc/faq/faq.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Table of Contents
Can xine produce 4-/5-channel surround audio output?
What about ac3 output via spdif to an external ac3 decoder?
Changing the volume with the GUI control has no effect! What's up!?
+ Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift
+ by -2115 pts" on the console output
6. Video related questions
@@ -838,6 +840,20 @@ is not possible to set the volume.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift by
+-2115 pts" on the console output
+
+Might be a soundcard problem, if it only comes in longer intervals. Your
+soundcard does not keep it's sampling frequency accurately enough, which
+results in audio and video getting out of sync and xine has to compensate.
+Maybe switching to different drivers (alsa to oss or vise-versa) can help here.
+
+Another, whole different possibility is that you have some background process
+running which is messing with the clock (like some ntp client - chronny, ntpd,
+...).
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
Chapter 6. Video related questions
I can hear the audio - but I don't see a picture!
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