Re: [Alsa-devel] Timer?

2002-03-06 Thread Paul Davis
Is there any documentation on the timer api that goes beyond what's on the als a-project pages? We're trying to sync Video and Audio, and all we need is a wa y to query the current time relative to some arbitrary start point. i don't believe that the timer API has much to do with this. its more

Re: [Alsa-devel] Timer?

2002-03-06 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Paul Davis wrote: Is there any documentation on the timer api that goes beyond what's on the als a-project pages? We're trying to sync Video and Audio, and all we need is a wa y to query the current time relative to some arbitrary start point. i don't believe that the

Re: [Alsa-devel] Timer?

2002-03-06 Thread Paul Davis
You're right. But it would be really nice to have a continuous timer source in some resolution (microseconds?) available for all platforms to satisfy synchronization requirements. its often called UST (Unadjusted System Time). Its part of the POSIX CLOCK_MONOTONIC specification. this is

Re: [Alsa-devel] Timer?

2002-03-06 Thread Paul Davis
The delay value is calculated from getting the amount of samples still in the sound buffer. See the ao_alsa_delay function is xine-lib/src/audio_out/audio_alsa_out.c So if the delay is 100 ms. You have to place samples in the audio buffer 100ms before you wish to hear them. Not quite right.

RE: [Alsa-devel] Timer?

2002-03-06 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
-Original Message- From: Paul Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 March 2002 17:27 To: James Courtier-Dutton Cc: Ulrich Zadow; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Timer? The delay value is calculated from getting the amount of samples still in the sound buffer