27 Feb
2003
27 Feb
'03
6:19 a.m.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:19:07 +0100, Christophe Vescovi wrote:
When reading articles on low-latency linux, xruns are
often mentionned
but I can not figure what it exactly means, could someone explain me
that -surely- simple thing ?
Its when the software can't keep up with the soundcard and misses a block
of data, it usually causes a click. AKA overrun.
Its generaly cased by schedualling latency, ie. the time it takes the
kernel to switch between processes. This is what the low-latency patches
reduce.
The other question is about jack. Does Jack enable
synchronisation
between HD recorder (ecasound, ardour) and midi sequencer (Muse for
example) ? I saw something about the transport feature of jack, but does
not know exactly what it does.
That is what its for, but I'm not sure how completely its implemented in
the apps. Ecasound has a pretty complete implementyation IIRC.
- Steve