On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 23:32:23 +0100 "martijn sipkema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i'm not an expert on cd recording devices, but these do not allow the > change of recording speed whilst recording, do they? Recording speed is set by the sample rate. > and does s/pdif have flow control? No. s/pdif is a fully synchronous serial protocol which utilizes 100% of its bandwidth 100% of the time. > at least one of either the source or destination needs > to have some way to control its data rate There is no such control for the reasons above. > while recording otherwise > buffer underflow/overflow will eventually occur. The only buffering is in the CD writer part and this is the only place where buffering over/underruns can occur. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ The word "Windows" is a word out of an old dialect of the Apaches. It means: "White man staring through glass-screen onto an hourglass..."