Re: [MP3 ENCODER] Delay in live steaming

[Matthias W�chter]

On Fri, 19 May 2000, Gernot Pruenster wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> we have a problem with our lame->liveice->freeamp setup. When we start the
> stream, we have a delay of about 5 sec, which is ok, but it increases with
> time. After 20 hours its more like 20 sec. Does anybody know the reason
> for this? 

IMHO, this comes from the simple fact that the sending data rate is given
by the clock of the sampling sound card while the playing data rate is
given by the clock of the playing sound card. If they differ (and they do
in general), one will be faster than the other and will not try to slow
down to limit the gap. If the sender is too slow, the receiver will have
clicks and short dropouts, if the receiver is too slow, the data stream
will be received faster than read, the buffers get filled (and grow) and
so the delay grows, too.

Sehr Wus,
- Matthias

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