Re: [Jack-Devel] ALSA PCM multi plugin and xruns

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Devin Anderson
<[hidden]>wrote:

>
> It's my understanding that `alsa_in` and `alsa_out` add some latency,
> which means that sound card that JACK is synced to and the sound card
> that the alsa-in/out clients use aren't quite in sync.
>

i'd want torben to comment on that. i;m not sure. maybe fons can comment
too on his similar utiltiies?


>
> > now of course, if the devices are synced then none of this would be
> > necessary. if they are synced and ALSA gets things things wrong, the ALSA
> > needs fixing.
>
> What about cases where the word clock sync of a sound card isn't quite
> as tight as it should be?  Does ALSA have control over that?
>

my understanding is that word clock sync is all-or-nothing. you're either
precisely in sync or not at all.

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