[alsa-devel] pthread or snd_async_add_pcm_handler

[Clemens Ladisch]

Maarten de Boer wrote:
> I looked at the direct_loop code in the alsa-lib/test/pcm.c example. 
> 
> Now I want to run do the audio processing asynchronously. The
> async_direct_loop in the example does this, but I was wondering: is
> there any advantage to using snd_async_add_pcm_handler over using
> a simple pthread?

No; the async handler is neither portable nor recommended.
That test program ist just for testing the API.


Regards,
Clemens