#9641 BLOC 1.5-sof: test XO-1.5 audio recording levels

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#9641: test XO-1.5 audio recording levels
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           Reporter:  dsd      |       Owner:  Quozl                            
               Type:  task     |      Status:  reopened                         
           Priority:  blocker  |   Milestone:  1.5-software-later               
          Component:  kernel   |     Version:  Development build as of this date
         Resolution:           |    Keywords:                                   
        Next_action:  review   |    Verified:  0                                
Deployment_affected:           |   Blockedby:  9639                             
           Blocking:           |  
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Comment(by mikus):

 Did a test with side-by-side XO-1.5, XO-1, me reciting numbers:[[BR]]
   XO-1.5:  Custom os118 (with kernel 20100409.1311), Record-66[[BR]]
   XO-1:    Virgin build 802, Record-59

 Using the 'Audio' panel, both XOs recorded what I said.  On clicking on
 the recoding (icon in bottom tray), the audio playback at both XOs had
 equal volume levels.  Since the problem in #9641 is described as "XO-1.5
 recording levels", I would say that that VERY_SPECIFIC description of the
 problem has now been fixed.

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 But there is more to the XO than just doing audio record/playback within
 the Record Activity.  Although both XOs recorded using the 'Video' panel,
 the XO-1.5 video playback (in Record) had no sound (the XO-1 had both
 video and sound).

 And when the recordings (both from 'Audio' and from 'Video') were put in
 the Journal, only the XO-1 was able to play them back (both 'Audio'
 recording and 'Video' recording played o.k. - both launched Browse to
 output the respective material).  On the XO-1.5, the 'Audio' recording
 gave an error, and the 'Video' recording appeared to be without sound.  [I
 could not tell how well the video information was being shown -- on the
 XO-1.5 the picture (taken indoors) was so dark that I could not tell what
 it was supposed to show -- whereas the picture on the XO-1 was much much
 bigger, and bright enough to show things clearly).

 For recording, I expect the XO-1.5 target audience to use the Record
 activity, rather than CLI commands.  Unless the Video/Audio performance of
 Record on the XO-1.5 matches the performance on the XO-1, I expect XO-1.5
 users would be disappointed.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9641#comment:12>
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