On Tue, 29.09.09 22:08, Peter Onion (Peter.Onion at btinternet.com) wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 22:44 +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > > > > If you write output applications it is not recommended to use the glib > > glue coe because you don't want to run the audio IO stuff in the same > > event loop as the slow X stuff. The glib glue code is only useful for > > control applications and for applications where dropouts don't matter > > (such as pavumeter). > > > > If you want to use the PA for audio IO in a gtk app it is recommended > > to use the trheaded mainloop api to spawn a seperate event loop thread. > > Oh ! :-( I think that's going to mean a major rewrite of my code > because it is currently uses the glib event loop and adds an event > source that checks the alsa device and then creates the required number > of samples. > > I've not written any threaded code before so that's another learning > curve ! > > So my next question is .... Can you point me to a gtk app example > (preferably in C rather than C++) that woks in this threaded way ? Only indirectly. Gst uses the trheaded loop. not sure of a gtk app that doesn't use gst. In most cases using gst is probably a good idea anyway. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
