Re: [LAU] ALSA parameters

M-.-n wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm trying to get my audio driver working with ALSA but there's the issue of
> defining the buffer size and period that I can't seem to figure out really.
> I've tryed to google for some good definition of what they represent and how
> they should be used with respect to the asynchroneous callback but couldn't
> find too much that would help.

use jack :) then you don't have to care about that.
iiuc, the buffer size is in samples, and period defines how many buffers
are used - i guess this is per hardware interrupt, but i may be wrong.

high-end cards can do bufsize=32 and p=2. most cards should be able to
easily do 512/3. if latency is not an issue, you can use 4096/3 to save
cycles.

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