Implementing Low‑Latency Audio Playback with SDL 2's Audio Callback
Learn how to open an SDL 2 audio device, respect the negotiated format, and fill the entire buffer in a non‑blocking callback to achieve low‑latency playback.
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Persistent ALCcontext with source pool versus ephemeral context per playback burst for low‑traffic OpenAL workloads
Goal Minimize idle resource usage of an OpenAL implementation for a low‑traffic audio workload while ensuring that the latency to start a sound burst remains within acceptable limits. Constraints and uncertainty Persistent context keeps a device handle, mixer thread and source/buffer memory alive, eliminating per‑playback latency but consuming resources even
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