Re: [linuxdc-dev] aica driver speedup

[Adrian M. <ad...@mc...>]

Alex,

Well, having tested this I'm not inclined to import it - though I am open to 
persuasion.

I had no problems at all with playing mp3s or even some video mpegs (including 
the famous dancemonkeyboy.mpeg) but when I played a *very* demanding mpeg 
with mplayer there were both clicks and repeated audio. Even with -framedrop 
specified the clicks remained, though there were no repeats.

The judgement is a fine one (mplayer isn't up to playing the mpeg in sync with 
the current aica driver without -framedrop, but it doesn't click or repeat 
either). But as the sleeping doesn't free up extra computing time for 
mplayer, it generated only bad things for mplayer's performance, rather than 
anything positive.

I accept that your buffering code is neater than the existing code and would 
be happy to add that regardless.

On the driver - what do others think? This is really about multitasking - is 
anybody doing that and having problems with sound? If so, then maybe Alex's 
patch should go in....

Let me know


Adrian