On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 12:16:22PM -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
On 5/26/23 04:35, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-05-26 at 04:14 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I do like to listen to music when I am doing a dump backup.
>>
>> When I am streaming a web radio station with SMPlayer,
>> does the data go to ram or hard drive?
>
> I don't understand the question. The data goes to the player's codec
> and thence to the audio output, so obviously it will be in RAM for a
> brief period (in some kind of circular buffer) and then be discarded.
> It could conceivably be swapped out if the system is under heavy load,
> but that's extremely unlikely.
>
> If you mean "does the player use a temporary file?", that would depend
> on the player. You can see what files it has open while running by
> using 'lsof'.
>
> poc
You understand and answered the question I asked. Thank you!
If your streaming service has provisions for "offline" listening
then that surely would involve files.
Jon
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