[PlanetCCRMA] qjackctl/jackd acting differently?

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/19/05, bernie arai <bernie@vcn.bc.ca> wrote:
> 
> i found .jackdrc in my ~.  it contains: /usr/bin/jackd -R -dalsa -dhw:0
> -r48000 -p1024 -n2 -S
> 
> 7813 xruns, while the CPU meter stays under 1 or 2%. weird.
> 

Have you tried something like -p512 -n4? Same latency but different
packet sizes on the PCI bus, different memory usage. (I think)

I remember trying some SB cards a long time ago and getting very
different results using -n2/4/8, even 3 if it's supported.

- Mark