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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: MIDI playback not keeping steady time with recent kernels
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:40:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D5163D8.8010708@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D515EFD.3040909@internode.on.net>

Arthur Marsh wrote:
> OK, I applied this patch.
> 
> When the MIDI file was playing:
> I still experienced some slow-down and speed-up under heavy load.

Is "some" less than previously?

It shouldn't be possible to get a speed-up; this looks as if your
computer's clock is not stable.  Are you using an NTP daemon?

What kind of heave load is this?  Does the same happen if you execute
"yes | tail" in a shell?


Regards,
Clemens

  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-08 15:39 UTC|newest]

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2011-02-08 11:53       ` MIDI playback not keeping steady time with recent kernels Clemens Ladisch
2011-02-08 15:19         ` Arthur Marsh
2011-02-08 15:40           ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]
2011-02-09  0:51             ` Arthur Marsh

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