[Jackit-devel] Re: [PD-announce] Re: [linux-audio-dev] ANN: k_jack v0.0.0.5 and Mammut v0.15

[Fons Adriaensen]

Paul Davis wrote:

> JACK is specifically designed not to allow latency jitter. you can't
> properly sync audio+video with latency jitter, because the software
> cannot know for sure when the audio it generates will actually become
> audible.

Why not ? 

If B = buffer size, Fs = sample frequency, T = start time, and the
buffer if pre-filled before starting, then the k-th sample will reach
the DA converter at T + (k + B) / Fs. The time the sample was computed
doesn't matter.

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Fons Adriaensen
Alcatel Space