From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Davis Subject: Re: emu10k1 latency / capture period Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:26:46 -0400 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200406172326.i5HNQkQV017899@dhin.linuxaudiosystems.com> References: <40D1E4E7.8000704@joe-job.com> Return-path: In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:37:27 EDT." <40D1E4E7.8000704@joe-job.com> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Lee Revell Cc: Alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, pzad@pobox.sk List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org >To reiterate the situation: currently the ASIO drivers for this card >provide an order of magnitude >better latency than the ALSA driver. I am constantly hearing claims >that ALSA is superior to ASIO, >but no one can tell me why the ALSA drivers for this *very* common >device provide 5-10x worse latency >than the ASIO drivers. > >As I see it, this is a glaring deficiency. as a disinterested observer, i would just note that by my understanding, Creative have not released all the necessary programming information on the emu10k1. i suspect that whatever is necessary to get the period size down to the levels the ASIO driver(s) are using is in the information that they will not release without an NDA. "freedom! my freedom! you got to give for what you take!" --p ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND