X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=alsa_write.c;h=3759306ec2215f0732bba5fcc76d18d011db41e1;hp=358b6346581dc813815419592823046231eab61f;hb=bfdd36f2879b8dee1f6d3330bc49fbb5644d3caf;hpb=3ac2a1478a7ad965bb48bec7d21aa49affd95d29

diff --git a/alsa_write.c b/alsa_write.c
index 358b6346..3759306e 100644
--- a/alsa_write.c
+++ b/alsa_write.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
  *
  * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
  */
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct private_alsa_write_data {
 	snd_pcm_format_t sample_format;
 	/* The number of channels, again determined like \a sample_rate. */
 	unsigned channels;
-	/* time until buffer underrun occurs, in microseconds */
+	/* time until buffer underrun occurs, in milliseconds */
 	unsigned buffer_time;
 	struct timeval drain_barrier;
 	/* File descriptor for select(). */
@@ -114,19 +114,15 @@ static int alsa_init(struct private_alsa_write_data *pad,
 		&pad->sample_rate, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail;
-	msg = "unable to get buffer time";
-	ret = snd_pcm_hw_params_get_buffer_time_max(hwparams, &pad->buffer_time,
-		NULL);
-	if (ret < 0 || pad->buffer_time == 0)
-		goto fail;
-	/* buffer at most 500 milliseconds */
-	pad->buffer_time = PARA_MIN(pad->buffer_time, 500U * 1000U);
+	/* alsa wants microseconds */
+	pad->buffer_time = conf->buffer_time_arg * 1000;
 	msg = "could not set buffer time";
 	ret = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_buffer_time_near(pad->handle, hwparams,
 		&pad->buffer_time, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail;
-	period_time = pad->buffer_time / 4;
+	pad->buffer_time /= 1000; /* we prefer milliseconds */
+	period_time = pad->buffer_time * 250; /* buffer time / 4 */
 	msg = "could not set period time";
 	ret = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_time_near(pad->handle, hwparams,
 		&period_time, 0);
@@ -223,7 +219,7 @@ static void alsa_write_pre_select(struct sched *s, struct task *t)
 		return;
 	}
 	/* wait at most 50% of the buffer time */
-	sched_request_timeout_ms(pad->buffer_time / 2 / 1000, s);
+	sched_request_timeout_ms(pad->buffer_time / 2, s);
 	ret = snd_pcm_poll_descriptors(pad->handle, &pfd, 1);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		PARA_ERROR_LOG("could not get alsa poll fd: %s\n",