[alsa-devel] asound snd_pcm_start question

Clemens Ladisch clemens at ladisch.de
Mon Aug 12 18:35:51 CEST 2019


Eric Desjardins wrote:
> I call:
> snd_pcm_prepare
> snd_pcm_writei
>
> and it works fine but I would like to delay playback start.

The device starts automatically when start_threshold frames are
available.  To prevent automatic starting, set it to a value that
is larger than the buffer size, i.e., the boundary value.


Regards,
Clemens


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