Re: iOS : ExtAudioFileWriteAsync alternatives / Audio Queue Services availability?
Re: iOS : ExtAudioFileWriteAsync alternatives / Audio Queue Services availability?
- Subject: Re: iOS : ExtAudioFileWriteAsync alternatives / Audio Queue Services availability?
- From: Dave O'Neill <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:05:43 -0800
ExtAudioFile has been great for me. I would be surprised if AVAudioFile
wasn't build on top of it. Have you tried setting
kExtAudioFileProperty_IOBufferSizeBytes
to a higher value yet?
Dave
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:02 PM, Arshia Cont <email@hidden>
wrote:
> Huh.. Just needed some one else to say it.. back to basics.. :)
>
> Thanks Matt for taking time to reply.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 14 Feb 2018, at 21:31, Matt Ingalls <email@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > OK I see what you are doing now.
> >
> > Sounds like increasing kExtAudioFileProperty_IOBufferSizeBytes could
> prevent an overflow.
> > but maybe doing your own async writes would be safer :). ExtAudioFile
> is a pretty old API..
> >
> > -m
> >
> >> On Feb 14, 2018, at 11:24 AM, Arshia Cont <email@hidden>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Matt,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the reply! :)
> >>
> >> AVAudioFile would be one way to go except that I am recording live
> streams, and using AVAudioFile I should make the ‘write’ asynchronous
> myself and make sure the direct-to-disk stuff won’t hic the AudioIO thread.
> >>
> >> This is supposed to be the promise of ‘ExtAudioFileWriteAsync’.
> >>
> >> Has anyone tried playing around with the
> >> kExtAudioFileProperty_IOBufferSizeBytes
> property of Extended Audio File Services? I have feeling that this is the
> way to go (increasing the buffer so that writing would occur less
> frequently.
> >>
> >> Apparently the kExtAudioFileError_AsyncWriteBufferOverflow is thrown
> when write requests are arriving faster than the system’s ability to access
> disk (can happen at any time and all of a sudden). The bad news is that
> when this is thrown it actually halts the IOThread! Can’t figure out why… .
> >>
> >> Hint that can help: I am recording two live streams (stereo) at the
> same time (i.e. two audio files).
> >>
> >> Any hints?
> >>
> >>> On 14 Feb 2018, at 19:01, Matt Ingalls <email@hidden> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Have you tried AVAudioFile?
> >>>
> >>>> On Feb 13, 2018, at 12:59 PM, Arshia Cont <email@hidden>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello list,
> >>>>
> >>>> This is my first post here so sorry if this is already asked!
> >>>>
> >>>> We have been using ExtAudioFileWriteAsync on iOS successfully to
> write two PCM Audio Streams to disk. We have been getting reports from
> users nagging on sudden audio drop outs on some [older] devices and during
> “performance”. We managed finally to find the root of the problem to the
> thrown kExtAudioFileError_AsyncWriteBufferOverflow exception which means
> (probably?) that ExtAudioFileWriteAsync is not keeping the pace with the
> system writing to disk.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I believe we must use lower level calls here (?).
> >>>>
> >>>> What would be an alternative for ExtAudioFileWriteAsync?
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I have been looking at Audio Queue Services for months but
> documentation/examples are so old that it keeps me away from it… or should
> we dive in?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Arshia Cont
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