[linux-audio-user] XRUN/XRUN callback

[Andres Cabrera]

Thanks Mark,
I guess it takes a little experimentation to find suitable settings. I'm 
wondering though, that if the xrun reported says:

delay of 5132.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 5009.000; 
restart ...
 
All I'm losing is 0.1 ms of audio? These short xruns I see reported 
aren't even audible on my good speakers, so I wouldn't mind (yes, I know 
it's not ideal) losing this audio to have a lower latency.


Cheers,
Andrés

Mark Knecht wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:11:54 -0500, Andres Cabrera
><andres at geminiflux.com> wrote:
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>>Hi Rui,
>>Thanks very much for your explanation. I remember there was a discussion
>>about this not too long ago, but I'm wondering if the xruns matter when
>>recording only. You could record at low latency, then raise it for
>>mixing and mastering (like you usually do on any system). Would this be
>>ok? Or would the recorded audio be missing small pieces?
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>>Cheers,
>>Andres
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>You cannot know for certain. If the xrun is Ardour not delivering
>audio to the sound card then you get a click in the output audio. Not
>a killer problem. If the xrun is Ardour not acquiring audio from the
>sound card then the data is lost forever. Much bigger problem.
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>I would recommend that you record with latencies just high enough to
>not be overly painful, and then push them higher when doing mixing if
>you are not interfacing with external signal paths for post
>processing.
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