[PD] DSP and Gem in the same instance of Pd

[Roman Haefeli]

On Thu, 2016-03-31 at 11:35 +0200, cyrille henry wrote:
> 
> Le 31/03/2016 11:19, Roman Haefeli a écrit :
> >
> > BTW: Why does the graphics rendering|clock have precedence over the
> > audio rendering (at least, it seems to be like that in Pure Data/Gem)? I
> > guess most softwares do it the other way around, since clicks are much
> > more noticeable than a frame being a few milliseconds late.
> 
> Gem have no precedence over audio : they both have the same priority.
> when having priorities on audio, the openGL rendering did not have
> fixed frame rate, and it's not possible any-more to have smooth hight
> speed movement.
> 
> So, i like the way it is, even if it cause implementation problem.

Oh, now since I understand, I like the way it is, too ;-)

> one possible explanation of your problem is that you are rendering a
> 60 fps, and that openGL is sync on the 60fps screen.
> You can have jitter between the 2 different 60fps clock. If Gem is
> waiting for the screen, then everything (including audio) is on pause.

That is exactly what I was doing.

> if this is the cause of your problem, then reduce Gem fps to 59, or
> remove openGL syncro (sync to vblank).

This is exactly what helped (reducing fps to 59). Thanks for your sharp
thinking.

Roman

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