Re: [LAU] Estimating JACK latency

On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 10:15:18AM +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> Suppose you configure for 2 periods. The the following happens:
>
> Capture A B C D E F
> Processing - A B C D E
> Playback - - A B C D
>
> For 3 periods, this becomes:
>
> Capture A B C D E F
> Processing - A B C D E
> Playback - - - A B C
>
> And for 4 periods:
>
> Capture A B C D E F
> Processing - A B C D E
> Playback - - - - A B
>
> The advantage of having more that 2 periods is that processing
> can be late without ill consequences, e.g. for 3 periods
>
> Capture A B C D E F
> Processing - - A B C D
> Playback - - - A B C
Thanks, Fons.. This simple diagram finally pounded the order of things
into my head, I hope.

Cheers,
S.M.
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Received on Thu May 3 20:15:01 2012