streaming delay

[Lee Matthews]

Hi

I wish to stream audio over the network using the flac codec. I use the following command :

gst-launch -v autoaudiosrc !  flacenc ! tcpserversink port=9001

to receive I use the command :

gst-launch -v tcpclientsrc port=9001 ! flacdec ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink

I get about 1 second delay between sending and receiving the audio.

If instead I transmit using :

gst-launch -v autoaudiosrc ! audio/x-raw-int,channels=1,depth=16,width=16,rate=44000 !  flacenc ! tcpserversink port=9001

the delay seems to go up to about 2 seconds.


I wish to sample my audio at 16KHz instead of 44KHz, so if I transmit using :

gst-launch -v autoaudiosrc ! audio/x-raw-int,channels=1,depth=16,width=16,rate=16000 !  flacenc ! tcpserversink port=9001

I get an approx 4 second delay. Why is this ?

I'm guessing it's because flacenc needs a certain number of samples before it can compress a block, it therefore has to wait longer with a lower sample rate ? 

Is there any way that I can reduce the sample rate whilst keeping a low delay ?

Thanks
Lee