On 2014-09-29 16:33, Lauren?iu Nicola wrote: > If nobody tried it, I might test the patch on my USB DAC. The problem is > that I'm not sure what's the best way to benchmark the playback. Do you > have some tips on that? Run "top" in a low-latency playback scenario, that should be enough. You might want to verify (e g with pactl) that you end up with the same latency both with and without the patch. Maybe others have more accurate methods to measure CPU consumption. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. https://launchpad.net/~diwic