Re: [Jack-Devel] BUG REPORT : Overflow of XRUNs after a certain time.

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:28 AM, aCOSwt <[hidden]> wrote:

> > Looks like the problem is associated with raw MIDI.
> >
> > I have jackd running on my test system without the -Xraw option. It has
> > now run well past the point where the lockup occurred with -Xraw, without
> > any problem.
>
> I confirm this. Which seems indeed logical as the problem occurs with no
> client recorded apart from the MIDI ports.
>
> Meanwhile, I am tracing the problem and would be grateful if someone
> familiar
> with jack's code could confirm :
>

your understanding is correct, but also "upside down". you should think
about JACK like this:

   while (1) {
         wait_for_backend_to_decide_that_it_is_time_to_process_data ();
         execute_a_single_process_cycle ();
   }

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