[gst-devel] Problems with ringbuffer management on systems with large audio buffers

[Edgard Lima]

512K sounds weird.

it is common to have 256, 512 or 1K bytes.

br,
Edgard
edgard.lima at indt.org.br


ext Brian Cameron wrote:

> Thomas:
>
>>> I'm forwarding the following comment from the 
>>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org alias regarding the fact that GStreamer
>>> audio has a lag.  Because the sunaudiosink needs to set the ringbuffer
>>> size to 512K,
>>
>>
>> 512K is more than 3 seconds at 44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo.  What possible
>> reason is there for sunaudiosink to need that much ?
>
>
> That must simply be the size of the audio output buffer.  If I set it
> to anything smaller, I hear stutters in the audio playback.
>
> It doesn't seem that SunAudio interfaces allow you to set the audio
> output buffer to anything smaller.
>
>>> I guess I'm just surprised the GStreamer framework doesn't
>>> support hardware (ok, kernel software) mixers/gain controls, though.
>>
>>
>> It does - the sunaudiosink just needs to expose support for the mixer
>> interface.
>>
>> Whether applications then use this is up to the application.
>
>
> So, if I hack sunaudiosink to expose the mixer interface, then I can
> make the sunaudiosink always modify the system volume even when a
> user changes it in an appliction?  Is that how it would work?  Do
> you know if there is an example of this in GStreamer I could base
> the code from?  Also do you know if rhythmbox and totem support
> this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
>
>
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