Re: Specifying the audio buffer size

I meant the latency attributed to the audio buffer only.

.: Jan-Ivar :.

On 5/14/15 12:51 PM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> On 05/14/2015 02:42 PM, Jan-Ivar Bruaroey wrote:
>> Audio doesn't always go to the JS, so that seems like an unclear 
>> definition. Don't know about hardware variations.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be easier to define latency strictly by the buffer size, 
>> since that's primarily what this setting would control? Seems to be 
>> where we started.
>
> Buffer sizes depend on things like sample rates and encoding formats - 
> 8 kHz mu-law has completely different buffer sizes from 44.1 kHz L16. 
> And if you buffer an encoded format for a variable-bitrate encoder, 
> the relationship between buffer size and delay is impossible for the 
> user to predict.
>
> I like seconds. It's what the user is usually looking for.