[alsa-devel] snd_pcm_avail() and snd_pcm_avail_update() always returns buffer_size

[Nate Case]

----- Original Message -----
> I'm debugging an issue where both snd_pcm_avail_update() and
> snd_pcm_avail() are always returning buffer_size, even after
> successfully calling snd_pcm_writei() repeatedly.
> 
> This is causing problems when I first start playback.  My goal was to
> fill up the playback buffer until it's almost full when first
> starting,
> and then enter my regular playback loop where I write period_size
> at a time.
> 
[snip]

Replying to my own thread here:

I looked into this more closely again today, and found an unrelated bug
in my application causing the strange behavior I was observing.  It
turned out that ALSA was behaving exactly as expected for what was
going on.

Thanks,

Nate