This is not a unique problem especially with RPi3 and aloop/darkice.  My recommended solution is to switch over to liquidsoap which avoids alsa and aloop altogether.  Instructions can be found in the README-rpi3-liquidsoap file in the top level op25 directory.

Graham

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 7:13 PM <op25@zellners.com> wrote:

As the next round of P25 PII systems take hold in my area... OP25 is 
the goto solution... but...

Audio dying is not a good thing... to send out silence on feeds....

Seems this is related to the metatag update when using -M tags.json 
option with rx.py...

Whats frustrating is

Pi3B+ with a cheapo junky asian dongle WORKS with -M tags.json and the 
audio goes on... .. I have another issue not related to that, which a 
commit fixes, just can't update to handle that right now...

A DUAL CORE laptop with a junk asian dongle... the audio dies after awhile.

SAME DUAL CORE laptop with a V3 Blog dongle... audio dies after awhile

SAME DUAL CORE laptop with V3 blod dongle, REMOVE the -M option and 
the audio seems to be stable out to loop0!


URRRGGRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

The only thing I can seem to possibly pinpoint is my standard A1 
whipping or flogging boi,,, puslecrapdio! RURRRRRHHGHHH!

The laptop has it the Pi3 doesn't....

Any one else seeing similar ? ? ? ? ?

Once I have a new image setup for my Pi feed boxes.. and if that works 
reliably great...it seems to on my existing feed, other issue not 
witstanding.....

Jusy annoying that a laptop has these issues where as a Pi3B+ doesn't......

I am grasping for answers here... and as I said... my standard A1 
whipping or flogging boi,,, puslecrapdio!  just gets my attention and 
foucs as the problem area.

So to wrap up my screed and vent BS post.. .:) ;)

Any seeing similar with xUbuntu's 18.04 or even other distros on 
lap/desktops v. Pi3B+???

Welp... there goes my theory in the time it took to type this OP25 is 
now not playing audio out loop0 again, and no -M option was used.... 
CC channel did rotate... (Harris nee M/A-COM system)??? So maybe CC 
rotation kills audio ? ? ?  ?

Any one with ideas? ?  ? ? Bueller????