Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DrvHostALSAAudio.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DrvHostALSAAudio.cpp	(revision 73642)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DrvHostALSAAudio.cpp	(revision 73643)
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@
         struct
         {
-
         } In;
         struct
         {
-            /** Minimum samples required for ALSA to play data. */
-            uint32_t    cSamplesMin;
         } Out;
     };
@@ -241,6 +238,9 @@
 
 
-static int alsaStreamSetThreshold(snd_pcm_t *phPCM, snd_pcm_uframes_t threshold)
-{
+static int alsaStreamSetSWParams(snd_pcm_t *phPCM, bool fIn, PALSAAUDIOSTREAMCFG pCfgReq, PALSAAUDIOSTREAMCFG pCfgObt)
+{
+    if (fIn) /* For input streams there's nothing to do in here right now. */
+        return VINF_SUCCESS;
+
     snd_pcm_sw_params_t *pSWParms = NULL;
     snd_pcm_sw_params_alloca(&pSWParms);
@@ -254,24 +254,21 @@
         if (err < 0)
         {
-            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to get current software parameters for threshold: %s\n",
-                    snd_strerror(err)));
+            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to get current software parameters: %s\n", snd_strerror(err)));
             rc = VERR_ACCESS_DENIED;
             break;
         }
 
-        err = snd_pcm_sw_params_set_start_threshold(phPCM, pSWParms, threshold);
-        if (err < 0)
-        {
-            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to set software threshold to %ld: %s\n",
-                    threshold, snd_strerror(err)));
+        err = snd_pcm_sw_params_set_start_threshold(phPCM, pSWParms, pCfgReq->threshold);
+        if (err < 0)
+        {
+            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to set software threshold to %ld: %s\n", pCfgReq->threshold, snd_strerror(err)));
             rc = VERR_ACCESS_DENIED;
             break;
         }
 
-        err = snd_pcm_sw_params_set_avail_min(phPCM, pSWParms, 512);
-        if (err < 0)
-        {
-            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to set available minimum to %ld: %s\n",
-                    threshold, snd_strerror(err)));
+        err = snd_pcm_sw_params_set_avail_min(phPCM, pSWParms, pCfgReq->period_size);
+        if (err < 0)
+        {
+            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to set available minimum to %ld: %s\n", pCfgReq->threshold, snd_strerror(err)));
             rc = VERR_ACCESS_DENIED;
             break;
@@ -281,11 +278,18 @@
         if (err < 0)
         {
-            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to set new software parameters for threshold: %s\n",
-                    snd_strerror(err)));
+            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to set new software parameters: %s\n", snd_strerror(err)));
             rc = VERR_ACCESS_DENIED;
             break;
         }
 
-        LogFlowFunc(("Setting threshold to %RU32\n", threshold));
+        err = snd_pcm_sw_params_get_start_threshold(pSWParms, &pCfgObt->threshold);
+        if (err < 0)
+        {
+            LogRel(("ALSA: Failed to get start threshold\n"));
+            rc = VERR_ACCESS_DENIED;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        LogFunc(("Setting threshold to %RU32 frames\n", pCfgObt->threshold));
         rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
     }
@@ -482,5 +486,5 @@
         }
 
-        LogRel2(("ALSA: Frequency is %dHz, period size is %RU32 frames, buffer size is %RU32 fames\n",
+        LogRel2(("ALSA: Frequency is %dHz, period size is %RU32 frames, buffer size is %RU32 frames\n",
                  pCfgReq->freq, obt_period_size, obt_buffer_size));
 
@@ -493,13 +497,7 @@
         }
 
-        if (   !fIn
-            && pCfgReq->threshold)
-        {
-            rc = alsaStreamSetThreshold(phPCM, pCfgReq->threshold);
-            if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
-                break;
-
-            LogRel2(("ALSA: Threshold for playback set to %RU32 frames\n", pCfgReq->threshold));
-        }
+        rc = alsaStreamSetSWParams(phPCM, fIn, pCfgReq, pCfgObt);
+        if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
+            break;
 
         pCfgObt->fmt         = pCfgReq->fmt;
@@ -508,7 +506,4 @@
         pCfgObt->period_size = obt_period_size;
         pCfgObt->buffer_size = obt_buffer_size;
-        pCfgObt->threshold   = pCfgReq->threshold;
-
-        rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
     }
     while (0);
@@ -1383,9 +1378,6 @@
     snd_pcm_sframes_t cFramesAvail;
     int rc = alsaStreamGetAvail(pStreamALSA->phPCM, &cFramesAvail);
-    if (   RT_SUCCESS(rc)
-        && (uint32_t)cFramesAvail >= pStreamALSA->Out.cSamplesMin)
-    {
+    if (RT_SUCCESS(rc))
         cbAvail = PDMAUDIOSTREAMCFG_F2B(pStreamALSA->pCfg, cFramesAvail);
-    }
 
     return cbAvail;