Ralf, If you don't need restricted drivers, -rt kernel is better than the -lowlatency. For audio, and for midi. If you need the restricted driver of, for example, nvidia or amd/ati graphic cards, -rt may not work. That's why there is the -lowlatency kernel.
Toine 2012/11/3 Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 23:58:39 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi :) > > > > on Ubuntu Studio Quantal I switched to > > $ uname -a > > Linux qrc 3.6.5-rt14 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Fri Nov 2 21:36:37 CET 2012 > > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > A kernel-rt seems to be much better on my machine. > > > > With the kernel-lowlatency for a very small audio session, > > Resp. a MIDI session using virtual synth. > > > CPU usage "< 10%", I get xruns with > > > > sample_rate=48000 > > frames_period=512 > > > > Now, with the kernel-rt everything seems to be [Ok] with > > > > frames_period=256 > > > > but with frames_period=128 I get xruns again. > > > > Regards, > > Ralf > > > > Regards, > Ralf > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >
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