/** @file pa_minlat.c @brief Experiment with different numbers of buffers to determine the minimum latency for a computer. @author Phil Burk http://www.softsynth.com */ /* * $Id: pa_minlat.c,v 1.1 2006/06/10 21:30:56 dmazzoni Exp $ * * 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 #include "portaudio.h" #ifndef M_PI #define M_PI (3.14159265) #endif #define TWOPI (M_PI * 2.0) #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE (32) typedef struct { double left_phase; double right_phase; } paTestData; /* Very simple synthesis routine to generate two sine waves. */ static int paminlatCallback( const void *inputBuffer, void *outputBuffer, unsigned long framesPerBuffer, const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo* timeInfo, PaStreamCallbackFlags statusFlags, 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; } int main( int argc, char **argv ); int main( int argc, char **argv ) { PaStreamParameters outputParameters; PaStream *stream; PaError err; paTestData data; int go; int outLatency = 0; int minLatency = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE * 2; int framesPerBuffer; double sampleRate = 44100.0; char str[256]; printf("pa_minlat - Determine minimum latency for your computer.\n"); printf(" usage: pa_minlat {userBufferSize}\n"); printf(" for example: pa_minlat 64\n"); printf("Adjust your stereo until you hear a smooth tone in each speaker.\n"); printf("Then try to find the smallest number of frames 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; outLatency = sampleRate * 200.0 / 1000.0; /* 200 msec. */ /* Try different numBuffers in a loop. */ go = 1; while( go ) { outputParameters.device = Pa_GetDefaultOutputDevice(); /* Default output device. */ outputParameters.channelCount = 2; /* Stereo output */ outputParameters.sampleFormat = paFloat32; /* 32 bit floating point output. */ outputParameters.suggestedLatency = (double)outLatency / sampleRate; /* In seconds. */ outputParameters.hostApiSpecificStreamInfo = NULL; printf("Latency = %d frames = %6.1f msec.\n", outLatency, outputParameters.suggestedLatency * 1000.0 ); err = Pa_OpenStream( &stream, NULL, /* no input */ &outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, 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 nlatency. */ printf("\nMove windows around to see if the sound glitches.\n"); printf("Latency now %d, enter new number of frames, or 'q' to quit: ", outLatency ); fgets( str, 256, stdin ); { /* Get rid of newline */ size_t l = strlen( str ) - 1; if( str[ l ] == '\n') str[ l ] = '\0'; } if( str[0] == 'q' ) go = 0; else { outLatency = atol( str ); if( outLatency < minLatency ) { printf( "Latency below minimum of %d! Set to minimum!!!\n", minLatency ); outLatency = minLatency; } } /* 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 0; 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 ) ); return 1; }