2009/8/13 erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net>: > On Thu Aug 13 02:43:54 EDT 2009, 9...@9netics.com wrote: >> > I'm not sure either latency or RT is proper terminology here. But >> > I believe what I meant was clear: when you need overall latency >> > to be around 5ms you start to notice 9P. > > when you need the overall latency to be around 5ms, > aren't you need a suitable network? (or none at all)
When you're doing audio work, latency is an issue on playback when you're playing with a recording. 5ms is acceptable, but getting much higher is not. However, one of the other key points is that a consistent latency is important. 50ms might be fine for playback with video if it's a constant 50ms, but if you start drifting +- 10ms, things can get wonky pretty quickly. This is easily demonstrable with rhythm games (such as Rock Band or Guitar Hero) where latency induced by a home audio system (mine at home is about 15ms induced by my receiver and 5ms using the Xbox digital output) can have a very significant negative impact on gameplay when one plays primarily by sound. (Sound cues are easier to keep beat by than visual). --dho
