Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] memory management
From: Joshua Haberman (jhaberman_AT_ups.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 19:50:38 EET
* To linux-audio-dev_AT_music.columbia.edu (jhaberman_AT_ups.edu) wrote:
> * Christophe Baillon (cbaillon_AT_ifrance.com) wrote:
> > To treat big samples (40Mo for example) is it judicious to load the
> > whole file in only one buffer ?
> > If i want to insert an other sample of 5 Mo in the medium of the buffer,
> > should i cut the sample into a linked list of block memory, or should i
> > make a realloc() and a displacement of data in the block ?
> >
> > Is there interesting link on the web about algorithms used by sound
> > applications ?
>
> Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net) breaks up audio data into blocks that
> are somewhere between 500k and 1MB and stores each of these into its own
> file in the temp directory.
I would be interested to know how this differs from schemes used by other
editors, if anyone is willing to briefly explain. For example I have
never heard of EDLs and I couldn't find a good explanation on the net.
Joshua
-- Joshua Haberman <joshua_AT_haberman.com>
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