[FFmpeg-user] ffplay - no delay between playbacks when looping

[Bouke / edit 'B]

> On 26 Mar 2024, at 09:57, computermaster360 <computermaster360 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I want to loop a short wav sample, which is an 8-bar melody:
> 
>    ffplay -loop 0 sample.wav
> 
> There is a small, but perceptible delay between individual playbacks
> of the sample, which throws the melody off. Is there a way to make the
> playback completely continuous with no delay?

Not tested, but I would try to do the loop in FFmpeg and pipe to FFplay.
This way FFplay will get just samples, bypassing whatever happens on restart playback of the file.

Bouke