[alsa-devel] Very elementary question regarding period size

Clemens Ladisch cladisch at fastmail.net
Mon Aug 27 18:13:08 CEST 2007


Pharaoh . wrote:
> I am testing out my alsa driver for various period and buffer sizes, at some
> configurations it doesn't work so arises this very basic question.
> 
> Is every sound card/hardware supposed to work at all the period sizes?

No.  The driver is supposed to add constraints that describe the
capabilities of the hardware/driver.

What are the valid period/buffer sizes supported by your driver?


Regards,
Clemens


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