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List:       kde-multimedia
Subject:    Re: aRts in trunk
From:       Scott Wheeler <wheeler () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-07-29 19:52:28
Message-ID: 200507292152.28889.wheeler () kde ! org
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On Friday 29 July 2005 21:46, Mark Constable wrote:
> > Low latency means it is much more prone to drop-outs,
>
> ANY decent audio system prefers lower latencies. I'm not sure
> what you meant by this... dropouts a more likely to happen with
> any system at higher latencies.

No, Allan was right.  Longer latencies mean that you're able to create a 
larger buffer of data between the application and the sound output.  If you 
have a small buffer you're naturally much more likely to have a buffer 
underrun and get dropouts.

-Scott

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