Re: [Jack-Devel] automated jack settings test

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Scott Lavender
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> i had an idea for an application to help new users setup jack and i
> wanted some feedback.
>
> the general thought is...
> 1. a user would start the application
> 2. pick an available audio interface to test
> 3. the program would test settings [1] against an "xrun condition" [2]
> 4. then determine the best setting by lowest stable recorded latency
> 5. set the lowest stable setting
>
> [1] this could be brute force or following smart rules
> [2] not defined at this time and i'm sure everyone will argue what is
> proper but could be something arbitrary like 4 xruns over a 10 second
> time period or 0 xruns over 15 minutes, also this could even
> incorporate the 'rtevel' application or other test to invoke a load
>
> okay, let me know why this wouldn't work.

Florian Faber wrote such a program. He and I found that to fully
explore the parameter space took a phenomenonally long time. When I
say long, I'm talking about tens of minutes to many hours.

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