[linux-audio-dev] Calculating Latency

Paul Winkler pw_lists at slinkp.com
Thu Sep 11 12:33:00 UTC 2003


On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:46:54AM -0700, Greg Reddin wrote:
> What is the formula for calculating latency in Jack?  For example, I
> start jackd with a period size of 256 and 2 periods, a sample rate of
> 44100.  Using a mic input and FreqTweak, that's pretty close to
> inaudible latency to my ears.  How do I calculate the actual ms value
> of that?
> 
> I apologize if information is readily available.  I couldn't find it.

I believe it's sr / n * p, or for your  example,
44100.0 / 256 * 2 = 0.0116 seconds.


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