Setting Up Real Time Priority
Edit this pageTo achieve low-latency audio you need to increase the scheduling priority of the playback thread, xwax will perform poorly or not boot at all without it.
This normally requires a modification to rtprio in the limits.conf file. 80 is the recommended value. On Ubuntu this file is located in /etc/security/
Guide for doing this on Ubuntu
- Open the file with a text editor such as nano by executing the following
in the terminal
$ sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf - Append the following to the end of the file
YOURUSERNAME - rtprio 80 - Close the file by pressing ctrl+X, ensuring you save the changes
- Log out and log back in for the changes to take effect