Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] So, what to do about it? (was: Still I cannot understand why...)
From: martijn sipkema (msipkema_AT_sipkema-digital.com)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 19:25:17 EET
> >is that rate really exactly the same? can not the clock in the device
> >producing the s/pdif signal have a slightly different notion of time
> >than the one in the cd recorder?
>
> s/pdif is self clocking. its possible for there to be a little bit of
> jitter, but thats what the buffering is for. look, there is no mystery
> here: cdrecord can do this as well. its just a horrible (though
> powerful) program. if you buffer 5 seconds worth of audio before
> starting the burn, no amount of jitter that the signal might have will
> cause a problem over the duration of an audio CD.
ok, i get that. even if the clocks are not running at exactly the same
speed, the difference will probably be far less than a second over
the total time of a cd.
--martijn
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