[alsa-devel] What does snd_pcm_delay() actually return?

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Lennart Poettering wrote:
> Takashi, Jaroslav,
> 
> could you please explain what exactly snd_pcm_delay() returns? 
> 
> Some applications (such as WINE) assume it is the time that would pass
> until we reach an underrun if we would stop writing any further data
> to the PCM device.

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> 
> Other applications (such as most media players) use it for time
> synchronisation. i.e. assume that it is the time that passes until a
> sample I write to a PCM device now would take to be played.
> 


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