[linux-audio-user] Common linux audio layer

[Jack O'Quin]

mchristoph.eckert at t-online.de (Christoph Eckert) writes:

> Ignoring the effect that IP has no guaranteed response times, 
> wouldn't it be possible that the both jack client which do 
> the streaming could (theoretically) do something like 
> realtime dynamic sample rate conversion to sync both signals 
> together?

Sure it's possible.  There are even prototypes people have written.

But it's not "very easy".  :-)

> Video players do drop or insert a frame if audio drifts from 
> the video signal. Perhaps the streaming jack clients could do 
> a similar thing.

Dropping a video frame is almost invisible to the eye.  Droping an
audio frame creates unpleasant audible clicks.
-- 
  joq