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. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
