Re: AudioOutputUnitStart very slow... any ideas?
Re: AudioOutputUnitStart very slow... any ideas?
- Subject: Re: AudioOutputUnitStart very slow... any ideas?
- From: Aran Mulholland <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:38:35 +1000
Why don't you just leave it running? Only provide samples when
playback is necessary.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I have a code that plays mono audio event (short beeps at various
> frequencies). I create an AudioOutputUnit, stop it, and whenever I
> need to play the audio. I start it. When I've played it for the
> required time, I stop it.
>
> Sounds simple enough.
>
> However, AudioOutputUnitStart will take usually 180ms to return on my
> iPhone 4S (with iOS 5.1), this is way too much.
>
> Here is the creation/initialisation of the AudioOutputUnit
>
> void createAOU()
> {
> m_init = false;
> // find the default playback output unit
> AudioComponentDescription defaultOutputDescription;
> defaultOutputDescription.componentType = kAudioUnitType_Output;
> defaultOutputDescription.componentSubType = kAudioUnitSubType_RemoteIO;
> defaultOutputDescription.componentManufacturer =
> kAudioUnitManufacturer_Apple;
> defaultOutputDescription.componentFlags = 0;
> defaultOutputDescription.componentFlagsMask = 0;
>
> // Get the default playback output unit
> AudioComponent defaultOutput = AudioComponentFindNext(NULL,
> &defaultOutputDescription);
> if (defaultOutput == NULL)
> return;
>
> OSErr err = AudioComponentInstanceNew(defaultOutput, &m_toneUnit);
> if (err != noErr)
> return;
>
> // single channel, floating point, linear PCM
> AudioStreamBasicDescription streamFormat;
> streamFormat.mSampleRate = m_framerate;
> streamFormat.mFormatID = kAudioFormatLinearPCM;
> streamFormat.mFormatFlags =
> kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsFloat |
> kAudioFormatFlagsNativeEndian | kLinearPCMFormatFlagIsPacked;
> streamFormat.mBytesPerPacket = sizeof(float);
> streamFormat.mFramesPerPacket = 1;
> streamFormat.mBytesPerFrame = sizeof(float);
> streamFormat.mChannelsPerFrame = 1;
> streamFormat.mBitsPerChannel = sizeof(float) * 8;
> err = AudioUnitSetProperty (m_toneUnit,
> kAudioUnitProperty_StreamFormat,
> kAudioUnitScope_Input,
> 0,
> &streamFormat,
> sizeof(AudioStreamBasicDescription));
> if (err != noErr)
> return;
>
> // Attach callback to default output
> AURenderCallbackStruct input;
> input.inputProc = RenderTone;
> input.inputProcRefCon = this;
> err = AudioUnitSetProperty(m_toneUnit,
> kAudioUnitProperty_SetRenderCallback,
> kAudioUnitScope_Input,
> 0,
> &input,
> sizeof(input));
> if (err != noErr)
> return;
>
> float aBufferLength = 0.001; // In seconds
> AudioSessionSetProperty(kAudioSessionProperty_PreferredHardwareIOBufferDuration,
> sizeof(aBufferLength), &aBufferLength);
>
> err = AudioUnitInitialize(m_toneUnit);
> if (err != noErr)
> return;
> reset();
> m_init = true;
> }
>
> To start it, I would simply call:
>
> OSErr err = AudioOutputUnitStart(m_toneUnit);
>
> When done:
>
> OSErr err = AudioOutputUnitStop(m_toneUnit);
>
> I've tried various things: making the
> kAudioSessionProperty_PreferredHardwareIOBufferDuration property to a
> very small value (like 5ms) Reduce the framerate (tried 48kHz,
> 44.1kHz, 8kHz)
>
> No matter what I do... First time the audiounit is started,
> AudioOutputUnitStart only returns after 160-180ms. If I stop and start
> it right away, then it only takes about 5m which is much more
> acceptable.
>
> Latency in my application is rather important, and 180ms is definitely
> not acceptable.
>
> Any suggestions? I've seen a few people asking similar questions, but
> they usually never got an answer.
>
> I'm hoping this time things will be different :)
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