xruncounter

Small linux tool written in C by Hermann Meyer (aka https://github.com/brummer10) to measure jack xruns and evaluate the overall performance of a system for realtime audio. Published originally on https://www.linuxmusicians.com See https://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=19268&start=15 for usage details.

Build

• just build with the command:

gcc -Wall xruncounter.c -lm `pkg-config --cflags --libs jack` -o xruncounter

Features:

• collect System informations about:

  • active Sound Card,
  • Graphic Card,
  • Operating System,
  • Kernel,
  • Architecture,
  • CPU,
  • jackd/jackdbus,
  • pulseaudio,

• Monitor DSP and CPU load

Usage

• to run a simple test run: ./xruncounter

• to run a test for multiple Core CPU, run: ./xruncounter -m

• to run a Stress Test (multiple Core test with slowly growing DSP load)

  • run: ./xruncounter -s

  Be careful with that one, please note the next option before things turn critical !

• to quit a test before it's over, press ctrl + c