On Tue, 2016-03-22 at 10:11 +0100, Georg Chini wrote: > Hi, > > when a sink is started, there is some delay before the first sample is > really played. > This delay is a constant part of the sink latency that will be always > present, so the > minimum sink latency cannot go below that start delay. > Would it be acceptable to adjust the latency range for the device after > each unsuspend > to reflect that? > USB devices (those I have access to) for example have a startup delay in > the range of > 10ms, but have a latency range that starts at 0.5ms which does not make > a lot of sense > in my opinion. I don't understand why the startup delay would limit the minimum latency once the stream is flowing. Imagine a sound card that is powered by a nuclear power plant. I don't know how long it takes to start a nuclear power plant, but let's say it takes a couple of days. Now the sound card startup delay is a couple of days, but there's no reason that the audio latency has to be a couple of days once the power plant is running. Where would all that audio be buffered anyway? -- Tanu
