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Audio Delay on ipad

Discussion in 'iOS and tvOS' started by atmuc, Jul 25, 2013.

  1. atmuc

    atmuc

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    i use PlayOneShot to play my audio file. it is ok on editor and mac build. there is a delay on my ipad 2. i used all audio import parameters. what is the solution?
     
  2. atmuc

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    i found this solution. it works. if it is mandotory, why unity doesn't set it default for ios build?

    I just looked in the release notes and they mentioned a new setting for the latency.

    It can be found under Edit->Project Settings->Audio->iOS DSP Buffer Size.

    I set that to "Best Latency" and there is no longer a pronounced delay!
     
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  3. ptdnet

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    I agree, it's pretty much a bug as far as I'm concerned. "Oh no, I *want* an annoying delay before my sounds play..."
     
  4. andymads

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    Thanks very much for this :)

     
  5. 5argon

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    If you wish to go further than "Best Latency" you can use native methods of each platform. I just made Native Audio asset store plugins which can make a native call to both iOS and Android's fastest native way from one central interface. https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#!/content/107067

    There are various ways of playing audio at native side, here's my choice :

    - On iOS it uses OpenAL. It is faster than AVAudioPlayer, AudioToolbox, and SystemSound.
    - On Android it uses AudioTrack, I confirmed it to be faster than SoundPool and no meaningful difference from C++ side OpneSL ES of NDK.

    I have compiled all of my findings in here : http://exceed7.com/native-audio