Am Dienstag, 18. März 2008 schrieb Mark Knecht: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Arda Eden <ardaeden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So is it really necessary to have a realtime kernel in order to use linux > > audio applications without any latencies or xruns ? > It is not possible to use ANY kernel with NO latencies. EVERY kernel > has latencies. The question is how low do you want the latencies to > be? If you can exist with 50mS or higher you might get away with a > standard kernel. If you want to run with 1.2mS latency then you will > absolutely have to have a real-time enabled kernel. Still it has to be noted that you can achieve 5ms latency without a RT-kernel... Even with an el-cheapo builtin soundcard... Arnold -- visit http://www.arnoldarts.de/ --- Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me to all your contacts. After a month or so log in as root and do a "rm -rf /". Or ask your administrator to do so...
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