[Alsa-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help for a levelmeter]

[Kai Vehmanen]

Takashi, thanks for these corrections! 

It'd be great to see yet more reports about successes, failures, suspected
problems, etc, etc concerning different soundcards and chipsets on 
alsa-user (and other lists)! It's much easier to make purchasing decisions
if you know that at least someone has had success with the 
desktop/laptop/soundcard model (and not just the chipset!) you're about to 
choose.

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Takashi Iwai wrote:

>> - snd-intel8x0 (nice chipset, is suitable for low-latency use)
> the real-time response is dependent on the system.
> some notebooks have problems in this regard.

How is it different...? And do you happen to remember what notebooks 
(brand, possibly any IBM models)?

>> - Yamaha YMF7xx/DS-XG (some have reported that these work ok,
>>   but in any case they have a max 3 periods limitation
>>   similar to cs4281, which can confuse apps)
> no, instead, the interrupts are generated in the fixed time-length,
> not at the period boundary or the end of buffer.
> thus, this chip doesn't suit for low-latency purpose at all.

Ugh, not good. Thanks for the clarification!

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