Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:31:26 +0100 From: "Cameron Grant" <gandalf@vilnya.demon.co.uk> To: "Randall Hopper" <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>, <multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pcm driver delay (4.3-stable) Message-ID: <06a501c0ff50$854fa5f0$0504020a@haveblue> References: <20010627160719.A1481@nc.rr.com>
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> Got a question though. When I fire up mpg123 to play an mp3, it
> pauses for 1 second before it plays the file (it doesn't pause at all with
> the snd driver). Anybody figured this one out?
yep.
> loop, apparently fighting the sound driver to initialize the playback
> settings. I guess it eventually wins (or gives up), but I'm not sure. It
> plays OK after the delay.
it's probing every different format to see what is supported.
this results in a buffer clear each time. since the default buffer sizes
amount to 132k and there are 108 formats probed this takes some time.
-cg
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