[linux-audio-dev] high-res time measurement?

[Jack O'Quin]

"jacob robbins" <jrobbins at newyorkmusicunion.com> writes:

> I'm a little green at time measurement facilities available in linux,
>  
>  In my host, I would like to be able to measure how much time each
> individual LADPSA plugin takes. Assuming I do realtime work with the
> smallest buffer sizes my system can handle, what options are available
> to me to measure time on this small scale? I know that the typical
> system calls time and gettimeofday have resolution of 10 ms, which is
> too big for this purpose. Is there any way to do this? Is there a
> high-res time howto?

I've been using jack_frame_time() for tracing audio threads in a JACK
client.  It works quite well.  Basically you get a running frame
counter (unsigned long) which can be used to compute the difference
from an earlier measurement.  The resolution depends on the JACK
sample rate, which is typically either 1/48000 sec or 1/44100 sec.

If you're using JACK anyway, this is an easy solution.

There are lots of other facilities available.  I'm sure others will
explain their advantages and disadvantages.  :-)
-- 
  Jack O'Quin
  Austin, Texas, USA