14 Sep
2017
14 Sep
'17
7:54 p.m.
On Sep 14, 2017, at 13:10, benravin <ben.alex(a)outlook.com> wrote:
How much of buffering is enough for real time
streaming between threads.
I want keep the optimal buffering between these threads.
That, as they say, is the $64,000 question! :)
In addition to the advice already offered by Paul, a lot depends on how important latency
is to your specific application. You mentioned that the audio was coming off of a radio
receiver? Modern DAB transmission air chains already typically incur several *seconds* of
latency, so if that’s your use case, then I’d go ahead and buffer up a couple of seconds
more on the receive end. Cheap insurance. OTOH, if minimizing latency is important, then
the answer to your question is “buffer as little as you can get away with without
incurring xruns”. The only way to determine where that sweet spot is located is by
testing your code on its target hardware.
Cheers!
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