/* * $Id: pa_minlat.c,v 1.4 2002/04/30 18:19:00 philburk Exp $ * paminlat.c * Experiment with different numbers of buffers to determine the * minimum latency for a computer. * * Author: Phil Burk http://www.softsynth.com * * This program uses the PortAudio Portable Audio Library. * For more information see: http://www.portaudio.com * Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ross Bencina and Phil Burk * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining * a copy of this software and associated documentation files * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, * subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * Any person wishing to distribute modifications to the Software is * requested to send the modifications to the original developer so that * they can be incorporated into the canonical version. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR * ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF * CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * */ #include #include #include #include "portaudio.h" #ifndef M_PI #define M_PI (3.14159265) #endif #define TWOPI (M_PI * 2.0) #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE (64) typedef struct { double left_phase; double right_phase; } paTestData; /* Very simple synthesis routine to generate two sine waves. */ static int paminlatCallback( void *inputBuffer, void *outputBuffer, unsigned long framesPerBuffer, PaTimestamp outTime, void *userData ) { paTestData *data = (paTestData*)userData; float *out = (float*)outputBuffer; unsigned int i; double left_phaseInc = 0.02; double right_phaseInc = 0.06; double left_phase = data->left_phase; double right_phase = data->right_phase; for( i=0; i TWOPI ) left_phase -= TWOPI; *out++ = (float) sin( left_phase ); right_phase += right_phaseInc; if( right_phase > TWOPI ) right_phase -= TWOPI; *out++ = (float) sin( right_phase ); } data->left_phase = left_phase; data->right_phase = right_phase; return 0; } void main( int argc, char **argv ); void main( int argc, char **argv ) { PortAudioStream *stream; PaError err; paTestData data; int go; int numBuffers = 0; int minBuffers = 0; int framesPerBuffer; double sampleRate = 44100.0; char str[256]; printf("paminlat - Determine minimum latency for your computer.\n"); printf(" usage: paminlat {framesPerBuffer}\n"); printf(" for example: paminlat 256\n"); printf("Adjust your stereo until you hear a smooth tone in each speaker.\n"); printf("Then try to find the smallest number of buffers that still sounds smooth.\n"); printf("Note that the sound will stop momentarily when you change the number of buffers.\n"); /* Get bufferSize from command line. */ framesPerBuffer = ( argc > 1 ) ? atol( argv[1] ) : DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE; printf("Frames per buffer = %d\n", framesPerBuffer ); data.left_phase = data.right_phase = 0.0; err = Pa_Initialize(); if( err != paNoError ) goto error; /* Ask PortAudio for the recommended minimum number of buffers. */ numBuffers = minBuffers = Pa_GetMinNumBuffers( framesPerBuffer, sampleRate ); printf("NumBuffers set to %d based on a call to Pa_GetMinNumBuffers()\n", numBuffers ); /* Try different numBuffers in a loop. */ go = 1; while( go ) { printf("Latency = framesPerBuffer * numBuffers = %d * %d = %d frames = %d msecs.\n", framesPerBuffer, numBuffers, framesPerBuffer*numBuffers, (int)((1000 * framesPerBuffer * numBuffers) / sampleRate) ); err = Pa_OpenStream( &stream, paNoDevice, 0, /* no input */ paFloat32, /* 32 bit floating point input */ NULL, Pa_GetDefaultOutputDeviceID(), /* default output device */ 2, /* stereo output */ paFloat32, /* 32 bit floating point output */ NULL, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, numBuffers, /* number of buffers */ paClipOff, /* we won't output out of range samples so don't bother clipping them */ paminlatCallback, &data ); if( err != paNoError ) goto error; if( stream == NULL ) goto error; /* Start audio. */ err = Pa_StartStream( stream ); if( err != paNoError ) goto error; /* Ask user for a new number of buffers. */ printf("\nMove windows around to see if the sound glitches.\n"); printf("NumBuffers currently %d, enter new number, or 'q' to quit: ", numBuffers ); gets( str ); if( str[0] == 'q' ) go = 0; else { numBuffers = atol( str ); if( numBuffers < minBuffers ) { printf( "numBuffers below minimum of %d! Set to minimum!!!\n", minBuffers ); numBuffers = minBuffers; } } /* Stop sound until ENTER hit. */ err = Pa_StopStream( stream ); if( err != paNoError ) goto error; err = Pa_CloseStream( stream ); if( err != paNoError ) goto error; } printf("A good setting for latency would be somewhat higher than\n"); printf("the minimum latency that worked.\n"); printf("PortAudio: Test finished.\n"); Pa_Terminate(); return; error: Pa_Terminate(); fprintf( stderr, "An error occured while using the portaudio stream\n" ); fprintf( stderr, "Error number: %d\n", err ); fprintf( stderr, "Error message: %s\n", Pa_GetErrorText( err ) ); }