[wdmaudiodev] Re: Kernel streaming question
- From: Tim Roberts <timr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:54:57 -0700
Pallavi Joshi wrote:
>
> I just wanted to give you more information about that 16 ms time taken
> to read data from the capture pin. For inputing the data, I am using
> the DeviceIoControl function with IOCTL_KS_READ_STREAM as the control
> code. This operation is sent as a asynchronous operation but when it
> returns I do not exit my input function until the read operation is
> complete. This is done using a WaitForSingleObject function. Thus my
> input is synchronous. This operation is done in the correct amount of
> time for my laptop audio card but for the USB it is very slow. Do you
> think that the WaitForSingleObject might be delaying things for me? Is
> there any other way that you recommend in place of
> WaitForSingleObject? This is how my code looks:
>
> hr = CPin->ReadData(&PacketsIn.Header, &PacketsIn.Signal); // This
> function calls DeviceIoControl with the arguments
>
> DWORD dwWait; if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
>
> {
>
> dwWait = WaitForSingleObject(hEventPoolIn,5);
>
> if ((dwWait == WAIT_FAILED) || (dwWait == WAIT_TIMEOUT))
>
> hr = E_FAIL;
>
> }
>
Who is triggering hEventPoolIn? Is that the event you pass in the
OVERLAPPED structure? Remember that a user-mode app cannot wait for
just 5 ms. The minimum wait period is the scheduler interval, which is
either 10 ms or 16 ms, depending on your system. Also, usbaudio.sys
sends 10 ms worth of buffers when it goes to read from the device.
Are you trying to do a loopback -- just copy from input device to output
device? Input from a USB device suffers from the same issues as output
to a USB device. If you do not have buffers ready and waiting to be
filled at all times, incoming data will be lost.
You're going to need to think about having multiple read requests
outstanding at any one time.
There have to be people on this list with recent experience in
DirectKS. Have any advice for Mr. Joshi?
--
Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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