jaroslav, there is something wrong with either the pcm.c example or with the documentation in alsa-lib/src/pcm/pcm.c.
the documentation says about snd_pcm_mmap_commit: 'To call this with offset/frames values different from that returned by snd_pcm_mmap_begin has undefined effects and it has to be avoided.' and in pcm.c we find ... err = snd_pcm_mmap_begin(handle, &my_areas, &offset, &frames); if (err < 0) { printf("MMAP begin error: %s\n", snd_strerror(err)); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (frames > period_size) frames = period_size; generate_sine(my_areas, offset, frames, &phase); err = snd_pcm_mmap_commit(handle, offset, frames); ... where the frames returned from snd_pcm_mmap_begin is changed in the second if-statement and this value is passed to snd_pcm_mmap_commit. can you clarify this, please? it would also be helpful to know what exactly snd_pcm_mmap_commit does with the value of frames. tim _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel