[LAU] what is jackd "DSP load"? Blinking "RT" indicator?

hermann meyer brummer- at web.de
Thu Sep 4 14:00:54 UTC 2014


Am 04.09.2014 15:03, schrieb Peter P.:
> Hi,
>
> after many years of wondering now and then I am curious what
> qjackctl's display of "DSP load" is supposed to mean?
> It must be some kind of CPU load, as there is no dedicated DSP in my
> computer, so is it the cpu load of the jackd process?
> Furthermore I wonder why the realtime "RT" indicator in qjackctl's
> window is blinking about every 2 seconds. I do have -rt enabled.
>
> Thank you for helping me to find answers to these things that are
> puzzling me since quite some time.
>
> best, P
> _______________________________________________
>

You could set the "RT" indicator to no-blinking in the setup widget in 
the 3. tab.
DSP load mean the used CPU time before jack close the current audio 
callback.


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