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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: XRUN handling
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:29:03 +0200
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To: melwyn lobo <linux.melwyn@gmail.com>
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melwyn lobo wrote:
> In case snd_pcm_playback_avail() is less than stop threshold but
> greater than 0, then these bytes are missing after Xrun prepare and
> start stage.

Preparing a stream resets it, i.e., any data currently in the buffer
is discarded.

If you want to have data in the buffer after preparing, you have to
write it again.


Regards,
Clemens