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Date:      Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:48:57 -0700
From:      Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
To:        Thomas Pfenning <thomaspf@microsoft.com>
Cc:        "'Denis DeLaRoca  825-4580'" <CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>, "'multimedia@FREEBSD.ORG'" <multimedia@FREEBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: RealAudio on FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <199610071948.MAA00635@rah.star-gate.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:11:36 PDT." <c=US%a=_%p=msft%l=RED-81-MSG-961007191136Z-23669@mail3.microsoft.com> 

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>From The Desk Of Thomas Pfenning :
> The queue length for vat is supposed to be self controlled. When my
> memory serves me right Van explained this to me in the following way.
> Vat uses the mike input to clock the output device meaning for every
> packet played out he is reading a packet from the mike. The queue length
> is automagically adjusted by preemption. The first time vat is preempted
> while received packets a number of packets will fill up in the receive
> buffer. These are then played out afterwards with the queue staying at
> that level. Next time vat is preempted you should have the right number
> of packets in the buffer. Over time you reach a level good enough for
> the longest preemption interval.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 	Thomas
> 

Hi Doc,
Okay, I will check the buffering algorithm on the sound driver as well
as the read timing that the sound driver is currently generating for
vat.

	Regards,	
	Amancio





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