[openbeosmediakit] Re: device driver

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeosmediakit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 01:23:53 CEST (+0200)

> However, things have changed quite a lot since Be first got things 
> together - 
> systems like ASIO provide 1ms latency easily enough, and there are 
> numerous 
> soundcards that support this.
> 
> Most latency is necessary due to the soundcards themselves; size of 
> buffers etc, but what is the theoretical minimum latency we can 
> achieve 
> with the current media kit=3D3F 

It's mostly the kernel, not the media kit which is responsible for low 
latency. Due to their design, latency is still a problem with most 
modern OS.

Adios...
   Axel.



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