Hi Jaroslav, On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 04:19:40PM +0100, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > The value 5461 comes from this formula: > > 262144 (256KB audio buffer) / (12 (channels) * 4 (bytes per sample)) > > The hardware you're using can handle only 256KB ring buffer giving > approx. 247msec audio buffer at 22050Hz rate. This time should be > enough. This is very helpful information. I appreciate it very much. > > I think that your system is not tuned in respect of real-time > responses. Check process-scheduler settings, disk I/O usage and run > all audio tasks with highest realtime priority. Ideally, the machine > should not do any other tasks. The machine will be dedicated to capturing four independent channels and streaming them. I think it should be powerful enough to do that. Thanks again, Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (48% of Full) My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net Audio editor, weblog: edway.wordpress.com -------- The secret of a happy marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents, and none of the incidents as a disaster. -- Harold Nicolson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user