ALSA: doc: ReSTize timestamping document
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@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Designs and Implementations
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control-names
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channel-mapping-api
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compress-offload
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timestamping
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procfile
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powersave
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oss-emulation
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@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
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=====================
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ALSA PCM Timestamping
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=====================
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The ALSA API can provide two different system timestamps:
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- Trigger_tstamp is the system time snapshot taken when the .trigger
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callback is invoked. This snapshot is taken by the ALSA core in the
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general case, but specific hardware may have synchronization
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capabilities or conversely may only be able to provide a correct
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estimate with a delay. In the latter two cases, the low-level driver
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is responsible for updating the trigger_tstamp at the most appropriate
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and precise moment. Applications should not rely solely on the first
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trigger_tstamp but update their internal calculations if the driver
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provides a refined estimate with a delay.
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callback is invoked. This snapshot is taken by the ALSA core in the
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general case, but specific hardware may have synchronization
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capabilities or conversely may only be able to provide a correct
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estimate with a delay. In the latter two cases, the low-level driver
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is responsible for updating the trigger_tstamp at the most appropriate
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and precise moment. Applications should not rely solely on the first
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trigger_tstamp but update their internal calculations if the driver
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provides a refined estimate with a delay.
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- tstamp is the current system timestamp updated during the last
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event or application query.
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The difference (tstamp - trigger_tstamp) defines the elapsed time.
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event or application query.
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The difference (tstamp - trigger_tstamp) defines the elapsed time.
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The ALSA API provides two basic pieces of information, avail
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and delay, which combined with the trigger and current system
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@ -22,15 +26,15 @@ the ring buffer and the amount of queued samples.
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The use of these different pointers and time information depends on
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the application needs:
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- 'avail' reports how much can be written in the ring buffer
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- 'delay' reports the time it will take to hear a new sample after all
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queued samples have been played out.
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- ``avail`` reports how much can be written in the ring buffer
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- ``delay`` reports the time it will take to hear a new sample after all
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queued samples have been played out.
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When timestamps are enabled, the avail/delay information is reported
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along with a snapshot of system time. Applications can select from
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CLOCK_REALTIME (NTP corrections including going backwards),
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CLOCK_MONOTONIC (NTP corrections but never going backwards),
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CLOCK_MONOTIC_RAW (without NTP corrections) and change the mode
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``CLOCK_REALTIME`` (NTP corrections including going backwards),
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``CLOCK_MONOTONIC`` (NTP corrections but never going backwards),
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``CLOCK_MONOTIC_RAW`` (without NTP corrections) and change the mode
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dynamically with sw_params
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@ -38,17 +42,18 @@ The ALSA API also provide an audio_tstamp which reflects the passage
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of time as measured by different components of audio hardware. In
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ascii-art, this could be represented as follows (for the playback
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case):
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::
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--------------------------------------------------------------> time
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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analog link dma app FullBuffer
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time time time time time
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|< codec delay >|<--hw delay-->|<queued samples>|<---avail->|
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|<----------------- delay---------------------->| |
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|<----ring buffer length---->|
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--------------------------------------------------------------> time
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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analog link dma app FullBuffer
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time time time time time
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|< codec delay >|<--hw delay-->|<queued samples>|<---avail->|
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|<----------------- delay---------------------->| |
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|<----ring buffer length---->|
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The analog time is taken at the last stage of the playback, as close
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as possible to the actual transducer
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Due to the varied nature of timestamping needs, even for a single
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application, the audio_tstamp_config can be changed dynamically. In
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the STATUS ioctl, the parameters are read-only and do not allow for
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the ``STATUS`` ioctl, the parameters are read-only and do not allow for
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any application selection. To work around this limitation without
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impacting legacy applications, a new STATUS_EXT ioctl is introduced
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impacting legacy applications, a new ``STATUS_EXT`` ioctl is introduced
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with read/write parameters. ALSA-lib will be modified to make use of
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STATUS_EXT and effectively deprecate STATUS.
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``STATUS_EXT`` and effectively deprecate ``STATUS``.
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The ALSA API only allows for a single audio timestamp to be reported
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at a time. This is a conscious design decision, reading the audio
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@ -135,36 +140,42 @@ the hardware, there is a risk of misalignment with the avail and delay
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information. To make sure applications are not confused, a
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driver_timestamp field is added in the snd_pcm_status structure; this
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timestamp shows when the information is put together by the driver
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before returning from the STATUS and STATUS_EXT ioctl. in most cases
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before returning from the ``STATUS`` and ``STATUS_EXT`` ioctl. in most cases
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this driver_timestamp will be identical to the regular system tstamp.
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Examples of typestamping with HDaudio:
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1. DMA timestamp, no compensation for DMA+analog delay
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$ ./audio_time -p --ts_type=1
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playback: systime: 341121338 nsec, audio time 342000000 nsec, systime delta -878662
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playback: systime: 426236663 nsec, audio time 427187500 nsec, systime delta -950837
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playback: systime: 597080580 nsec, audio time 598000000 nsec, systime delta -919420
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playback: systime: 682059782 nsec, audio time 683020833 nsec, systime delta -961051
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playback: systime: 852896415 nsec, audio time 853854166 nsec, systime delta -957751
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playback: systime: 937903344 nsec, audio time 938854166 nsec, systime delta -950822
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::
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$ ./audio_time -p --ts_type=1
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playback: systime: 341121338 nsec, audio time 342000000 nsec, systime delta -878662
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playback: systime: 426236663 nsec, audio time 427187500 nsec, systime delta -950837
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playback: systime: 597080580 nsec, audio time 598000000 nsec, systime delta -919420
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playback: systime: 682059782 nsec, audio time 683020833 nsec, systime delta -961051
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playback: systime: 852896415 nsec, audio time 853854166 nsec, systime delta -957751
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playback: systime: 937903344 nsec, audio time 938854166 nsec, systime delta -950822
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2. DMA timestamp, compensation for DMA+analog delay
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$ ./audio_time -p --ts_type=1 -d
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playback: systime: 341053347 nsec, audio time 341062500 nsec, systime delta -9153
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playback: systime: 426072447 nsec, audio time 426062500 nsec, systime delta 9947
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playback: systime: 596899518 nsec, audio time 596895833 nsec, systime delta 3685
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playback: systime: 681915317 nsec, audio time 681916666 nsec, systime delta -1349
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playback: systime: 852741306 nsec, audio time 852750000 nsec, systime delta -8694
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::
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$ ./audio_time -p --ts_type=1 -d
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playback: systime: 341053347 nsec, audio time 341062500 nsec, systime delta -9153
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playback: systime: 426072447 nsec, audio time 426062500 nsec, systime delta 9947
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playback: systime: 596899518 nsec, audio time 596895833 nsec, systime delta 3685
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playback: systime: 681915317 nsec, audio time 681916666 nsec, systime delta -1349
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playback: systime: 852741306 nsec, audio time 852750000 nsec, systime delta -8694
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3. link timestamp, compensation for DMA+analog delay
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$ ./audio_time -p --ts_type=2 -d
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playback: systime: 341060004 nsec, audio time 341062791 nsec, systime delta -2787
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playback: systime: 426242074 nsec, audio time 426244875 nsec, systime delta -2801
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playback: systime: 597080992 nsec, audio time 597084583 nsec, systime delta -3591
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playback: systime: 682084512 nsec, audio time 682088291 nsec, systime delta -3779
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playback: systime: 852936229 nsec, audio time 852940916 nsec, systime delta -4687
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playback: systime: 938107562 nsec, audio time 938112708 nsec, systime delta -5146
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::
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$ ./audio_time -p --ts_type=2 -d
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playback: systime: 341060004 nsec, audio time 341062791 nsec, systime delta -2787
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playback: systime: 426242074 nsec, audio time 426244875 nsec, systime delta -2801
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playback: systime: 597080992 nsec, audio time 597084583 nsec, systime delta -3591
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playback: systime: 682084512 nsec, audio time 682088291 nsec, systime delta -3779
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playback: systime: 852936229 nsec, audio time 852940916 nsec, systime delta -4687
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playback: systime: 938107562 nsec, audio time 938112708 nsec, systime delta -5146
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Example 1 shows that the timestamp at the DMA level is close to 1ms
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ahead of the actual playback time (as a side time this sort of
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the use of the frame counter by the driver)
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Example 3: DMA timestamp, no compensation for delay, delta of ~5ms
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$ ./audio_time -p -Dhw:1 -t1
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playback: systime: 120174019 nsec, audio time 125000000 nsec, systime delta -4825981
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playback: systime: 245041136 nsec, audio time 250000000 nsec, systime delta -4958864
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playback: systime: 370106088 nsec, audio time 375000000 nsec, systime delta -4893912
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playback: systime: 495040065 nsec, audio time 500000000 nsec, systime delta -4959935
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playback: systime: 620038179 nsec, audio time 625000000 nsec, systime delta -4961821
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playback: systime: 745087741 nsec, audio time 750000000 nsec, systime delta -4912259
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playback: systime: 870037336 nsec, audio time 875000000 nsec, systime delta -4962664
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::
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$ ./audio_time -p -Dhw:1 -t1
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playback: systime: 120174019 nsec, audio time 125000000 nsec, systime delta -4825981
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playback: systime: 245041136 nsec, audio time 250000000 nsec, systime delta -4958864
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playback: systime: 370106088 nsec, audio time 375000000 nsec, systime delta -4893912
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playback: systime: 495040065 nsec, audio time 500000000 nsec, systime delta -4959935
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playback: systime: 620038179 nsec, audio time 625000000 nsec, systime delta -4961821
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playback: systime: 745087741 nsec, audio time 750000000 nsec, systime delta -4912259
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playback: systime: 870037336 nsec, audio time 875000000 nsec, systime delta -4962664
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Example 4: DMA timestamp, compensation for delay, delay of ~1ms
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$ ./audio_time -p -Dhw:1 -t1 -d
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playback: systime: 120190520 nsec, audio time 120000000 nsec, systime delta 190520
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playback: systime: 245036740 nsec, audio time 244000000 nsec, systime delta 1036740
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playback: systime: 370034081 nsec, audio time 369000000 nsec, systime delta 1034081
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playback: systime: 495159907 nsec, audio time 494000000 nsec, systime delta 1159907
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playback: systime: 620098824 nsec, audio time 619000000 nsec, systime delta 1098824
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playback: systime: 745031847 nsec, audio time 744000000 nsec, systime delta 1031847
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$ ./audio_time -p -Dhw:1 -t1 -d
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playback: systime: 120190520 nsec, audio time 120000000 nsec, systime delta 190520
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playback: systime: 245036740 nsec, audio time 244000000 nsec, systime delta 1036740
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playback: systime: 370034081 nsec, audio time 369000000 nsec, systime delta 1034081
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playback: systime: 495159907 nsec, audio time 494000000 nsec, systime delta 1159907
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playback: systime: 620098824 nsec, audio time 619000000 nsec, systime delta 1098824
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playback: systime: 745031847 nsec, audio time 744000000 nsec, systime delta 1031847
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