Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] HD-recording frustration: linux makes it almost impossible :-(
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2000 - 04:21:16 EEST
>yes, but the frustration is big, and i think the main problem is the updating
>of
>metadata. It would be really nice to turn off metadata updating completely on
>selected files. :-)
>I will try to play with the bdflush parameters, as suggested by Karl Millar.
>But I am still unsure if it is better to update metadata very seldom or very
>frequently. (too seldom = too much queued request = lots of disk seeking)
Are you preallocating files ? If not, that would explain a lot of the
issue that you're having. I'll respond to the rest in the morning.
--p
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