BufferingAudioSource and non-realtime: waitForNextAudioBlock (with code)

[daniel]

I implemented this and it works for me:

/** Wait for buffer ready. This will block until the buffer is prepared. DO NOT USE IN REALTIME! */
bool BufferingAudioSource::waitForNextAudioBlockReady (const AudioSourceChannelInfo& info, const uint32 sleepMiliSecs, const uint32 timeout)
{
    if (nextPlayPos + info.numSamples < 0 ||
        (! isLooping() && nextPlayPos > getTotalLength())) {
        return true;
    }

    const uint32 endTime = Time::getMillisecondCounter () + timeout;
    int validStart;
    int validEnd;
    while (Time::getMillisecondCounter() < endTime) {
        {
            const ScopedLock sl (bufferStartPosLock);
            validStart = (int) (jlimit (bufferValidStart, bufferValidEnd, nextPlayPos) - nextPlayPos);
            validEnd   = (int) (jlimit (bufferValidStart, bufferValidEnd, nextPlayPos + info.numSamples) - nextPlayPos);
        }
        if (validStart <= 0 &&
            validStart < validEnd &&
            validEnd >= info.numSamples) {
            return true;
        }
        Thread::sleep (sleepMiliSecs);

    }

    return false;
}

And right before a getNextAudioBlock I call
waitForNextAudioBlock (info, 10, 500);

Is this a sensible approach or has this some hazzard I didn’t realize?