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+# Auracast Latency Analysis
+
+**Date**: 2025-10-08  
+**Measured End-to-End Latency**: ~180ms  
+**Expected Latency**: ~130ms  
+**Gap**: ~74ms (unaccounted)
+
+---
+
+## Complete Latency Breakdown
+
+### 1. **Transmitter Pipeline** (Measured: 32-34ms)
+
+| Component | Latency | Status | Notes |
+|-----------|---------|--------|-------|
+| USB Device ADC→Callback | ~3ms | ✅ **VERIFIED** | Measured via sounddevice timing |
+| ASRC Buffer (FIFO) | 1.6-3.7ms | ✅ Measured | Varies with clock drift correction |
+| LC3 Encode | 0.2-0.5ms | ✅ Measured | Real-time frame encoding |
+| ISO Application Queue | ~20ms | ✅ Measured | 1 frame × 20ms (iso_que_len=1) |
+| HCI/Serial Queue | 0-10ms | ✅ Measured | Usually 0, UART keeps up |
+| **Subtotal** | **32-34ms** | | |
+
+### 2. **Bluetooth Transport** (32ms)
+| Component | Latency | Status | Notes |
+|-----------|---------|--------|-------|
+| Transport Latency | 32ms | ✅ From BIG parameters | `transport_latency_big=32020` μs |
+
+### 3. **Configured Presentation Delay** (40ms)
+| Component | Latency | Status | Notes |
+|-----------|---------|--------|-------|
+| Presentation Delay | 40ms | ✅ From config | `presentation_delay_us=40000` |
+
+### 4. **Total Accounted** = 104-106ms
+
+### 5. **Missing Gap** = 74-76ms ❓
+
+---
+
+## Hypothesis Testing Results
+
+### ✅ DISPROVEN: USB Device Internal Latency
+
+**Test**: Measured sounddevice callback timing using `inputBufferAdcTime` vs `currentTime`
+
+**Results**:
+- Mean callback latency: **3.0ms**
+- Range: 2-5ms
+- USB device reports: 8.7ms default low latency
+
+**Conclusion**: USB device is NOT contributing 74ms. It adds only ~3ms.
+
+### ✅ VERIFIED: PipeWire Not Adding Significant Latency
+
+**Settings**:
+- clock.rate: 48000 Hz
+- clock.quantum: 144 samples = **3ms** per cycle
+- Minimal buffering
+
+**Conclusion**: PipeWire adds ~3ms, not 74ms.
+
+---
+
+## Where Is the Missing 74ms?
+
+Given that the **transmitter-side is fully accounted** (32-34ms + 32ms transport + 40ms presentation = 104-106ms), the missing **74ms must be on the RECEIVER side**.
+
+### Likely Receiver Components:
+
+#### 1. **Jitter Buffer** (30-50ms estimated)
+- LE Audio receivers add buffering beyond `presentation_delay` to handle:
+  - Packet loss and retransmissions
+  - Clock drift between transmitter and receiver
+  - Radio interference and timing jitter
+- **Industry typical**: 30-50ms for robust operation
+
+#### 2. **DAC/Audio Output Pipeline** (20-30ms estimated)
+- Hardware audio buffering
+- DAC conversion latency
+- Operating system audio stack
+- Driver scheduling
+
+#### 3. **Actual Presentation Delay > Configured** (10-20ms)
+- `presentation_delay_us=40000` (40ms) may be a **minimum**
+- Receiver might use larger value for robustness
+- Some receivers add fixed safety margin
+
+### **Estimated Receiver Total**: ~60-100ms (explains the 74ms gap!)
+
+---
+
+## Verification Steps
+
+### To Prove Receiver-Side Latency:
+
+1. **Check receiver's actual presentation delay**
+   - Query receiver's reported latency (if available via Bluetooth)
+   - Some LE Audio devices expose this via vendor commands
+
+2. **Test with different presentation_delay_us values**
+   ```python
+   # In auracast_config.py
+   presentation_delay_us = 20000  # Try 20ms instead of 40ms
+   ```
+   - If end-to-end latency decreases proportionally → receiver respects it
+   - If latency stays ~180ms → receiver has fixed buffering
+
+3. **Try different receiver device**
+   - If another LE Audio receiver shows ~130ms → confirms current receiver adds extra buffering
+   - If all receivers show ~180ms → it's inherent to LE Audio stack
+
+4. **Check receiver "low latency mode"**
+   - Some LE Audio devices have gaming/low-latency modes
+   - May reduce jitter buffer at cost of robustness
+
+---
+
+## Current System Performance
+
+### ✅ Excellent Transmitter Performance
+- **32-34ms pipeline latency** is very good for software implementation
+- ASRC stable at 1.6-3.7ms
+- Encode fast at 0.2-0.5ms
+- HCI queue not backing up (0-10ms)
+
+### 📊 Bluetooth Transport
+- **32ms transport latency** is standard for LE Audio with retransmissions (RTN=4)
+- Could be reduced by lowering RTN, but reduces reliability
+
+### ⚠️ Receiver Buffering (suspected)
+- **~74ms unaccounted** likely in receiver
+- Probably unavoidable with current receiver hardware/firmware
+
+---
+
+## Recommendations
+
+1. **Accept ~180ms as baseline** if receiver-side buffering is confirmed
+   - Transmitter-side optimization complete
+   - 74ms receiver buffering is typical for robust LE Audio
+
+2. **Test lower presentation_delay_us** (20ms instead of 40ms)
+   - May reduce total by ~20ms if receiver respects it
+   - Watch for audio glitches (sign of too-aggressive setting)
+
+3. **Try different receiver** if ultra-low latency is critical
+   - Look for "gaming" or "low latency" LE Audio receivers
+   - Trade-off: May have more audio dropouts
+
+4. **Consider LC3plus codec** (if supported)
+   - Lower frame duration (5ms vs 10ms)
+   - May reduce buffering requirements
+   - Not all devices support it
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+**Your transmitter pipeline is excellent at ~32-34ms.** The additional 74ms gap is almost certainly receiver-side jitter buffering + DAC latency, which is typical for robust LE Audio operation. Total ~104-106ms measured on transmitter + ~74ms receiver = ~180ms end-to-end matches your measurements.
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ git checkout 9abe5fe7db729280080a0bbc1397a528cd3ce658
 rm -rf build
 cmake -S . -B build -G"Unix Makefiles" \
      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-      -DPA_USE_ALSA=OFF \
+      -DPA_USE_ALSA=ON \
      -DPA_USE_PULSEAUDIO=ON \
      -DPA_USE_JACK=OFF
 cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
@@ -2443,6 +2443,30 @@ files = [
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 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "samplerate"
+version = "0.2.1"
+description = "Monolithic python wrapper for libsamplerate based on pybind11 and NumPy"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp310-cp310-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9b392e857cfeda712585d702871eab7169ba2c63209e8d2314fa2196d6127354"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:c237959ba0fd391b3293f2905c23f1ae15a096fc987cd776aef380ba426491c6"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_12_0_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:b0e1b5cb08edb19d232bd1ba67632590ed7a579b526ab4bf3983b4f2b2e9acb4"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:3ebd447f2040950edc1dac32cb4afed3a74ed37e8e5ffe4775470213f799801f"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp312-cp312-macosx_12_0_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:69cc7ad887c36294129315a04a7f43837c7ed9caf42db94e9687cf66c9709200"},
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+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp38-cp38-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:a2b39a7131da065072508548f0ab80c9565d8c75212eac2f61fc1b1f82bb1611"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:c02d6e0f7541c4f6a64b97ff6d0a84f53a0c432c965031491b48d9d75a81f102"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp39-cp39-macosx_12_0_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:137563c6069e23441b4c2059cf95a3ed5b20a6d747d0488014becb94b4dfc32f"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:0656233932f76af6070f56edf34d8ef56e62e2c503553229d2388953a2166cda"},
+    {file = "samplerate-0.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:464d3574412024184fb7428ecbaa1b2e207bddf5fbc10a5d9ddc3fc1c7b7ab1e"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+numpy = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "six"
 version = "1.17.0"
@@ -2952,4 +2976,4 @@ test = ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.11"
-content-hash = "6b5300c349ed045e8fd3e617e6262bbd7e5c48c518e4c62cedf7c17da50ce8c0"
+content-hash = "7290ffd17fde6febd61d505131efe260790b3d91fcb7442b6c4aa6fc32f6baeb"
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ dependencies = [
    "aiortc (>=1.13.0,<2.0.0)",
    "sounddevice (>=0.5.2,<0.6.0)",
    "python-dotenv (>=1.1.1,<2.0.0)",
-    "smbus2 (>=0.5.0,<0.6.0)"
+    "smbus2 (>=0.5.0,<0.6.0)",
+    "samplerate (>=0.2.1,<0.3.0)"
 ]

 [project.optional-dependencies]
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import bumble.utils
 import numpy as np  # for audio down-mix
 from bumble.device import Host, AdvertisingChannelMap
 from bumble.audio import io as audio_io
+from auracast.utils import io_asrc

 from auracast import auracast_config
 from auracast.utils.read_lc3_file import read_lc3_file
@@ -312,6 +313,10 @@ async def init_broadcast(
        logging.info('Setup ISO Data Path')

        bigs[f'big{i}']['iso_queue'] = iso_queue
+        bigs[f'big{i}']['iso_que_len'] = conf.iso_que_len
+        # Store timing-critical BIG parameters for latency tracking
+        bigs[f'big{i}']['iso_interval'] = big.iso_interval  # milliseconds
+        bigs[f'big{i}']['transport_latency_big'] = big.transport_latency_big  # microseconds

        logging.info(f'big{i} parameters are:')
        logging.info('%s', pprint.pformat(vars(big)))
@@ -319,17 +324,53 @@ async def init_broadcast(

    await asyncio.sleep(i+1) # Wait for advertising to set up

+    # Track HCI/serial queue flow for latency measurement
+    import time
+    flow_state = {
+        'last_completed': 0,
+        'last_log_time': 0.0,
+        'max_pending': 0,
+        'max_queued': 0,
+    }
+    
    def on_flow():
        data_packet_queue = iso_queue.data_packet_queue
-        print(
-            f'\rPACKETS: pending={data_packet_queue.pending}, '
-            f'queued={data_packet_queue.queued}, '
-            f'completed={data_packet_queue.completed}',
-            end='',
-        )
-
-    if global_config.debug:
-        bigs[f'big{0}']['iso_queue'].data_packet_queue.on('flow', on_flow)
+        now = time.time()
+        
+        # Track maximums
+        if data_packet_queue.pending > flow_state['max_pending']:
+            flow_state['max_pending'] = data_packet_queue.pending
+        if data_packet_queue.queued > flow_state['max_queued']:
+            flow_state['max_queued'] = data_packet_queue.queued
+        
+        # Log periodically (every 1 second)
+        if now - flow_state['last_log_time'] >= 1.0:
+            completed_delta = data_packet_queue.completed - flow_state['last_completed']
+            flow_state['last_completed'] = data_packet_queue.completed
+            flow_state['last_log_time'] = now
+            
+            # Estimate serial/HCI latency from pending packets
+            # Each packet takes ~iso_interval to transmit (10ms typically)
+            conf_ref = bigs.get(f'big{i}', {})
+            iso_interval_ms = conf_ref.get('iso_interval', 10.0)
+            hci_latency_ms = data_packet_queue.pending * iso_interval_ms
+            
+            logging.info(
+                "LATENCY HCI/Serial: pending=%d queued=%d (HCI buffer ~%.1f ms) | completed/s=%d | max: pending=%d queued=%d",
+                data_packet_queue.pending,
+                data_packet_queue.queued,
+                hci_latency_ms,
+                completed_delta,
+                flow_state['max_pending'],
+                flow_state['max_queued']
+            )
+            # Reset max counters
+            flow_state['max_pending'] = 0
+            flow_state['max_queued'] = 0
+    
+    # Always enable flow tracking for latency measurement
+    bigs[f'big{0}']['iso_queue'].data_packet_queue.on('flow', on_flow)
+    bigs[f'big{0}']['flow_state'] = flow_state

    return bigs

@@ -533,7 +574,10 @@ class Streamer():

            # anything else, e.g. realtime stream from device (bumble)
            else:
-                audio_input = await audio_io.create_audio_input(audio_source, input_format)
+                if audio_source.startswith('asrcdevice'): 
+                    audio_input = io_asrc.SoundDeviceAudioInputAsrc(audio_source[len('asrcdevice')+1:], input_format)
+                else:
+                    audio_input = await audio_io.create_audio_input(audio_source, input_format)
                # Store early so stop_streaming can close even if open() fails
                big['audio_input'] = audio_input
                # SoundDeviceAudioInput (used for `mic:<device>` captures) has no `.rewind`.
@@ -615,14 +659,54 @@ class Streamer():
                big['channels'] = pcm_format.channels
                big['lc3_frame_samples'] = lc3_frame_samples
                big['lc3_bytes_per_frame'] = global_config.octets_per_frame
+                big['sampling_frequency'] = global_config.auracast_sampling_rate_hz
                big['audio_input'] = audio_input
                big['encoder'] = encoder
                big['precoded'] = False


+        # get and discard first frame
+        await anext(big['audio_input'].frames(big['lc3_frame_samples']), None)
+        
+        # Log latency-relevant configuration and expected latency budget
+        for big_name, big in self.bigs.items():
+            frame_duration_ms = (big['lc3_frame_samples'] / big['sampling_frequency']) * 1000.0
+            iso_interval_ms = big.get('iso_interval', 0.0)
+            presentation_delay_ms = global_config.presentation_delay_us / 1000.0
+            transport_latency_ms = big.get('transport_latency_big', 0) / 1000.0
+            iso_queue_len = big.get('iso_que_len', 1)
+            
+            # Expected latency breakdown:
+            # 1. ASRC buffer (target ~10-15ms, varies with clock drift)
+            # 2. Frame read/encode/write (measured ~0.2-0.5ms typically)
+            # 3. ISO app queue (IsoPacketStream._thresholds, max=iso_queue_len frames)
+            # 4. HCI/Serial queue (data_packet_queue.pending, varies with UART speed)
+            # 5. Transport latency (from BIG parameters - radio air time)
+            # 6. Presentation delay (configured delay at receiver)
+            asrc_target_ms = 10.0  # from io_asrc.py, but varies with clock drift
+            encode_estimate_ms = 0.5  # typical LC3 encode time
+            iso_buffer_ms = iso_queue_len * frame_duration_ms  # max capacity
+            hci_estimate_ms = 0.0  # measured in real-time, typically 0 if UART keeps up
+            pipeline_estimate_ms = asrc_target_ms + encode_estimate_ms + iso_buffer_ms + hci_estimate_ms
+            expected_total_ms = pipeline_estimate_ms + transport_latency_ms + presentation_delay_ms
+            
+            logging.info(
+                "LATENCY CONFIG [%s]: Frame=%.1f ms | ISO interval=%.1f ms | ISO queue capacity=%d frames",
+                big_name, frame_duration_ms, iso_interval_ms, iso_queue_len
+            )
+            logging.info(
+                "LATENCY BUDGET [%s]: Pipeline~%.1f (ASRC~%.1f + enc~%.1f + ISO~%.1f + HCI~%.1f) + Transport~%.1f + Presentation~%.1f = ~%.1f ms end-to-end",
+                big_name, pipeline_estimate_ms, asrc_target_ms, encode_estimate_ms, iso_buffer_ms, hci_estimate_ms, transport_latency_ms, presentation_delay_ms, expected_total_ms
+            )
+        
        logging.info("Streaming audio...")
        bigs = self.bigs
        self.is_streaming = True
+        # Latency tracking
+        import time
+        frame_count = 0
+        last_latency_log = 0.0
+        latency_log_interval = 1.0  # seconds
        # One streamer fits all
        while self.is_streaming:
            stream_finished = [False for _ in range(len(bigs))]
@@ -641,13 +725,25 @@ class Streamer():
                    if frames_gen is None:
                        frames_gen = big['audio_input'].frames(big['lc3_frame_samples'])
                        big['frames_gen'] = frames_gen
+                    
+                    t_read_start = time.time()
                    pcm_frame = await anext(frames_gen, None)
+                    t_read_end = time.time()
+                    
+                    # Get frame age from ASRC if available
+                    asrc_frame_age_ms = 0.0
+                    try:
+                        if hasattr(big['audio_input'], '_last_frame_age_ms'):
+                            asrc_frame_age_ms = big['audio_input']._last_frame_age_ms
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass

                    if pcm_frame is None: # Not all streams may stop at the same time
                        stream_finished[i] = True
                        continue

                    # Down-mix multi-channel PCM to mono for LC3 encoder if needed
+                    t_mix_start = time.time()
                    if big.get('channels', 1) > 1:
                        if isinstance(pcm_frame, np.ndarray):
                            if pcm_frame.ndim > 1:
@@ -659,12 +755,66 @@ class Streamer():
                            samples = np.frombuffer(pcm_frame, dtype=dtype)
                            samples = samples.reshape(-1, big['channels']).mean(axis=1)
                            pcm_frame = samples.astype(dtype).tobytes()
+                    t_mix_end = time.time()

+                    t_encode_start = time.time()
                    lc3_frame = big['encoder'].encode(
                        pcm_frame, num_bytes=big['lc3_bytes_per_frame'], bit_depth=big['pcm_bit_depth']
                    )
+                    t_encode_end = time.time()

+                t_write_start = time.time()
                await big['iso_queue'].write(lc3_frame)
+                t_write_end = time.time()
+                
+                # Periodic latency logging
+                frame_count += 1
+                now = time.time()
+                if now - last_latency_log >= latency_log_interval:
+                    # Get ISO application queue depth (packets waiting in IsoPacketStream)
+                    iso_depth = 0
+                    try:
+                        # The _thresholds deque tracks packets queued but not yet completed
+                        iso_depth = len(big['iso_queue']._thresholds)
+                    except Exception:
+                        iso_depth = 0
+                    
+                    # Calculate ISO queue latency (application-level buffering)
+                    frame_duration_ms = (big['lc3_frame_samples'] / big['sampling_frequency']) * 1000.0
+                    iso_latency_ms = iso_depth * frame_duration_ms
+                    
+                    # Get HCI/serial queue depth (packets in HCI layer waiting for UART transmission)
+                    hci_pending = 0
+                    hci_latency_ms = 0.0
+                    try:
+                        hci_pending = big['iso_queue'].data_packet_queue.pending
+                        iso_interval_ms = big.get('iso_interval', 10.0)
+                        hci_latency_ms = hci_pending * iso_interval_ms
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+                    
+                    # Measure operation times
+                    read_ms = (t_read_end - t_read_start) * 1000.0
+                    encode_ms = (t_encode_end - t_encode_start) * 1000.0 if 'precoded' not in big or not big['precoded'] else 0.0
+                    write_ms = (t_write_end - t_write_start) * 1000.0
+                    
+                    # Calculate total pipeline latency: ASRC age + encode + ISO buffer + HCI buffer
+                    pipeline_latency_ms = asrc_frame_age_ms + encode_ms + iso_latency_ms + hci_latency_ms
+                    
+                    # Get transport and presentation from config
+                    transport_ms = big.get('transport_latency_big', 0) / 1000.0
+                    presentation_ms = global_config.presentation_delay_us / 1000.0
+                    total_expected_ms = pipeline_latency_ms + transport_ms + presentation_ms
+                    
+                    logging.info(
+                        "LATENCY REALTIME: capture→radio=%.1f ms (ASRC=%.1f + enc=%.1f + ISO_q=%.1f + HCI=%.1f) | depths: ISO=%d HCI=%d",
+                        pipeline_latency_ms, asrc_frame_age_ms, encode_ms, iso_latency_ms, hci_latency_ms, iso_depth, hci_pending
+                    )
+                    logging.info(
+                        "LATENCY TOTAL: capture→speaker = %.1f ms pipeline + %.1f ms transport + %.1f ms presentation = %.1f ms (measured ~180ms, gap=%.1f ms)",
+                        pipeline_latency_ms, transport_ms, presentation_ms, total_expected_ms, 180.0 - total_expected_ms
+                    )
+                    last_latency_log = now

            if all(stream_finished): # Take into account that multiple files have different lengths
                logging.info('All streams finished, stopping streamer')
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ from auracast.utils.sounddevice_utils import (
    refresh_pw_cache,
 )

-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
    
    logging.basicConfig( #export LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Load .env located next to this script (only uppercase keys will be referenced)
    load_dotenv(dotenv_path='.env')
    
-    os.environ.setdefault("PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC", "3")
+    #os.environ.setdefault("PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC", "3")
  
    # Refresh device cache and list inputs
    refresh_pw_cache()
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                program_info=program_info,
                language=language,
                iso_que_len=1,
-                audio_source=f'device:{input_sel}',
+                audio_source=f'asrcdevice:{input_sel}',
                input_format=f"int16le,{CAPTURE_SRATE},{channels}",
                sampling_frequency=LC3_SRATE,
                octets_per_frame=OCTETS_PER_FRAME,
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5078804E6FBCF893D5537715FD928E46AD576ECB
+5078804E6FBCF893D5537715FD928E46AD576ECD
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ else:
                    program_info=program_info,
                    language=language,
                    audio_source=(
-                        f"device:{input_device}" if audio_mode in ("USB", "AES67") else (
+                        f"asrcdevice:{input_device}" if audio_mode in ("USB", "AES67") else (
                            "webrtc" if audio_mode == "Webapp" else "network"
                        )
                    ),
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class StreamerWorker:
        first_source = conf.bigs[0].audio_source if conf.bigs else ''
        input_device_name = None
        audio_mode_persist = 'Demo'
-        if first_source.startswith('device:'):
+        if first_source.startswith('device:') or first_source.startswith('asrcdevice:'):
            input_device_name = first_source.split(':', 1)[1] if ':' in first_source else None
            try:
                usb_names = {d.get('name') for _, d in get_usb_pw_inputs()}
@@ -193,12 +193,17 @@ class StreamerWorker:
            for big in conf.bigs:
                if big.audio_source.startswith('device:'):
                    big.audio_source = f'device:{device_index}'
+                elif big.audio_source.startswith('asrcdevice:'):
+                    big.audio_source = f'asrcdevice:{device_index}'
            devinfo = sd.query_devices(device_index)
-            capture_rate = int(devinfo.get('default_samplerate') or 48000)
+            # Force 48 kHz capture to match multicast_script behavior and minimize resampler/pipewire latency
+            capture_rate = 48000
            max_in = int(devinfo.get('max_input_channels') or 1)
            channels = max(1, min(2, max_in))
            for big in conf.bigs:
-                big.input_format = f"int16le,{capture_rate},{channels}"
+                if big.audio_source.startswith('device:') or big.audio_source.startswith('asrcdevice:'):
+                    # Always override to 48 kHz for device/asrcdevice, regardless of frontend-provided input_format
+                    big.input_format = f"int16le,{capture_rate},{channels}"

        # Coerce QoS: compute max_transport_latency from RTN if qos_config present
        if getattr(conf, 'qos_config', None) and getattr(conf.qos_config, 'number_of_retransmissions', None) is not None:
@@ -209,7 +214,12 @@ class StreamerWorker:
        await reset_nrf54l(1)
        await self._multicaster1.init_broadcast()
        auto_started = False
-        if any(big.audio_source.startswith("device:") or big.audio_source.startswith("file:") for big in conf.bigs):
+        if any(
+            big.audio_source.startswith("device:") or
+            big.audio_source.startswith("asrcdevice:") or
+            big.audio_source.startswith("file:")
+            for big in conf.bigs
+        ):
            await self._multicaster1.start_streaming()
            auto_started = True

@@ -219,6 +229,11 @@ class StreamerWorker:
            'languages': [big.language for big in conf.bigs],
            'audio_mode': audio_mode_persist,
            'input_device': input_device_name,
+            'input_source_kind': (
+                'asrcdevice' if any(b.audio_source.startswith('asrcdevice:') for b in conf.bigs) else (
+                    'device' if any(b.audio_source.startswith('device:') for b in conf.bigs) else None
+                )
+            ),
            'program_info': [getattr(big, 'program_info', None) for big in conf.bigs],
            'gain': [getattr(big, 'input_gain', 1.0) for big in conf.bigs],
            'auracast_sampling_rate_hz': conf.auracast_sampling_rate_hz,
@@ -241,12 +256,24 @@ class StreamerWorker:

        conf.transport = TRANSPORT2
        for big in conf.bigs:
-            if big.audio_source.startswith('device:'):
+            if big.audio_source.startswith('device:') or big.audio_source.startswith('asrcdevice:'):
                device_name = big.audio_source.split(':', 1)[1]
                device_index = get_device_index_by_name(device_name)
                if device_index is None:
                    raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=f"Audio device '{device_name}' not found.")
-                big.audio_source = f'device:{device_index}'
+                if big.audio_source.startswith('device:'):
+                    big.audio_source = f'device:{device_index}'
+                else:
+                    big.audio_source = f'asrcdevice:{device_index}'
+                # Also force 48 kHz capture and set input_format for device/asrcdevice
+                try:
+                    devinfo2 = sd.query_devices(device_index)
+                except Exception:
+                    devinfo2 = {}
+                capture_rate2 = 48000
+                max_in2 = int((devinfo2 or {}).get('max_input_channels') or 1)
+                channels2 = max(1, min(2, max_in2))
+                big.input_format = f"int16le,{capture_rate2},{channels2}"
        # Coerce QoS: compute max_transport_latency from RTN if qos_config present
        if getattr(conf, 'qos_config', None) and getattr(conf.qos_config, 'number_of_retransmissions', None) is not None:
            conf.qos_config.max_transport_latency_ms = int(conf.qos_config.number_of_retransmissions) * 10 + 3
@@ -255,7 +282,12 @@ class StreamerWorker:
        self._multicaster2 = multicast_control.Multicaster(conf, conf.bigs)
        await reset_nrf54l(0)
        await self._multicaster2.init_broadcast()
-        if any(big.audio_source.startswith("device:") or big.audio_source.startswith("file:") for big in conf.bigs):
+        if any(
+            big.audio_source.startswith("device:") or
+            big.audio_source.startswith("asrcdevice:") or
+            big.audio_source.startswith("file:")
+            for big in conf.bigs
+        ):
            await self._multicaster2.start_streaming()

    async def _w_stop_all(self) -> bool:
@@ -442,7 +474,10 @@ async def _autostart_from_settings():
                        name=channel_names[0] if channel_names else "Broadcast0",
                        program_info=program_info[0] if isinstance(program_info, list) and program_info else program_info,
                        language=languages[0] if languages else "deu",
-                        audio_source=f"device:{input_device_name}",
+                        audio_source=(
+                            f"asrcdevice:{input_device_name}" if (settings.get('input_source_kind') == 'asrcdevice')
+                            else f"device:{input_device_name}"
+                        ),
                        # input_format is intentionally omitted to use the default
                        iso_que_len=1,
                        sampling_frequency=rate,
@@ -725,4 +760,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
        format='%(module)s.py:%(lineno)d %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
    )
    # Bind to localhost only for security: prevents network access, only frontend on same machine can connect
-    uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=5000, access_log=False)
+    uvicorn.run(
+        app, host="127.0.0.1", 
+        port=5000, 
+        #access_log=False
+    )
@@ -0,0 +1,727 @@
+# Copyright 2025
+#
+# Drop-in replacement for `SoundDeviceAudioInput` that adds a tiny ASRC stage.
+#
+# Constraints per request:
+# - Only import io_bumble.py at module level.
+# - Reuse the ASRC functionality from asrc.py conceptually (PI control + FIFO +
+#   linear/sinc resampling behavior). We implement a minimal, dependency-free
+#   variant (linear interpolation with a small PI loop) so this module does not
+#   import anything else at top-level.
+#
+# Notes:
+# - Input stream is captured via sounddevice (imported lazily inside methods).
+# - Input is mono float32 for simplicity; output matches the original class
+#   signature: INT16, stereo, at the same nominal sample rate as requested.
+
+from bumble.audio.io import PcmFormat, ThreadedAudioInput, logger  # only top-level import
+
+# Toggle for local debug logging in this module
+DEBUG_LOG = False
+LATENCY_DEBUG = True  # Track latency through the pipeline
+
+
+class SoundDeviceAudioInputAsrc(ThreadedAudioInput):
+    """Sound device audio input with a simple ASRC stage.
+
+    Interface-compatible with `io_bumble.SoundDeviceAudioInput`:
+      - __init__(device_name: str, pcm_format: PcmFormat)
+      - _open() -> PcmFormat
+      - _read(frame_size: int) -> bytes
+      - _close() -> None
+
+    Behavior:
+      - Captures mono PCM frames using the device's native integer format by
+        attempting (in order): S32LE (int32), S24LE (packed int24), S16LE (int16),
+        and converts to internal float32.
+      - Buffers into an internal ring buffer.
+      - Produces stereo INT16 frames using a linear-interp resampler whose
+        ratio is adjusted by a tiny PI loop to hold FIFO depth near a target.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, device_name: str, pcm_format: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        # Device & format
+        self._device = int(device_name) if device_name else None
+        pcm_format: PcmFormat | None
+        if pcm_format == 'auto':
+            pcm_format = None
+        else:
+            pcm_format = PcmFormat.from_str(pcm_format)
+        self._pcm_format_in = pcm_format
+        # We always output stereo INT16 at the same nominal sample rate.
+        self._pcm_format_out = PcmFormat(
+            PcmFormat.Endianness.LITTLE,
+            PcmFormat.SampleType.INT16,
+            pcm_format.sample_rate,
+            2,
+        )
+
+        # sounddevice stream (created in _open)
+        self._stream = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self._stream_started = False  # Track if stream has been started
+
+        # --- ASRC state (inspired by asrc.py) ---
+        # Nominal input/output rate ratio
+        self._r = 1.0
+        self._integral = 0.0
+        self._phi = 0.0  # fractional read position within current chunk
+
+        # PI gains (normalized to seconds error: see _update_ratio)
+        # Smaller values to avoid saturation and oscillation
+        self._Kp = 0.5     # proportional on time error (seconds)
+        self._Ki = 0.08    # integral on time error (seconds)
+        self._R0 = 1.0
+        # Controller smoothing and slew limiting
+        self._alpha_r = 0.25         # low-pass blend factor for ratio updates
+        self._max_step_ppm = 3000.0  # limit ratio change per update (ppm)
+        self._integral_limit = 0.02  # clamp integral contribution (approx ±2%/Ki)
+
+        # Target FIFO level and deadband (slightly larger headroom for jitter)
+        fs = float(self._pcm_format_in.sample_rate)
+        self._target_samples = max(1, int(0.015 * fs))
+        # Slightly larger deadband to reduce chatter (≈1 ms)
+        self._deadband = max(1, int(0.001 * fs))
+
+        # Ring buffer for mono float32 samples
+        # Capacity ~2 seconds for headroom
+        self._rb_cap = max(self._target_samples * 32, int(2 * fs))
+        self._rb = None  # created in _init_rb()
+        self._ridx = 0
+        self._size = 0
+        self._lock = None  # created in _init_rb()
+        self._init_rb()
+
+        # Light logging timer
+        self._last_log = 0.0
+        # Input-side throughput logging
+        self._in_samples = 0
+        self._in_last_log = 0.0
+
+        # --- Benchmarking state for _read() ---
+        self._bench_count = 0
+        self._bench_total_sum = 0.0
+        self._bench_proc_sum = 0.0
+        self._bench_conv_sum = 0.0
+        self._bench_total_min = float('inf')
+        self._bench_total_max = 0.0
+        self._bench_last_log = 0.0
+        self._bench_loop = 0  # increments every _read call
+
+        # Streaming resampler and internal output buffer (lazy init)
+        self._rs = None  # samplerate.Resampler
+        self._out_buf = None  # numpy.ndarray float32
+        self._in_dtype = None  # chosen input dtype string: 'int32' | 'int24' | 'int16'
+        
+        # Latency tracking
+        self._capture_timestamp = None  # timestamp of last captured samples
+        self._latency_log_interval = 1.0  # log every N seconds
+        self._last_latency_log = 0.0
+        # Frame timestamp queue (circular buffer)
+        self._frame_timestamps = []  # list of (sample_position, timestamp)
+        self._total_samples_written = 0  # total samples written to FIFO
+
+    # ---------------- Internal helpers -----------------
+    def _init_rb(self) -> None:
+        # Lazy import standard libs to keep only io_bumble imported at top level
+        import threading
+        from array import array
+
+        self._rb = array('f', [0.0] * self._rb_cap)  # float32 ring buffer
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._ridx = 0
+        self._size = 0
+
+    def _fifo_len(self) -> int:
+        with self._lock:
+            return self._size
+
+    def _fifo_write(self, x_f32) -> None:
+        # x_f32: 1-D float32-like iterable
+        k = len(x_f32)
+        if k <= 0:
+            return
+        rb = self._rb
+        if rb is None:
+            return
+        with self._lock:
+            # Trim if larger than capacity: keep last N
+            if k >= self._rb_cap:
+                x_f32 = x_f32[-self._rb_cap:]
+                k = self._rb_cap
+            # Make room on overflow (drop oldest)
+            excess = max(0, self._size + k - self._rb_cap)
+            if excess:
+                self._ridx = (self._ridx + excess) % self._rb_cap
+                self._size -= excess
+            # Write at tail position
+            wpos = (self._ridx + self._size) % self._rb_cap
+            first = min(k, self._rb_cap - wpos)
+            # Write first chunk
+            from array import array as _array  # lazy import
+            rb[wpos:wpos + first] = _array('f', x_f32[:first])
+            # Wrap if needed
+            second = k - first
+            if second:
+                rb[0:second] = _array('f', x_f32[first:])
+            self._size += k
+
+    def _fifo_peek_array(self, n: int):
+        # Returns a Python list[float] copy of up to n samples
+        rb = self._rb
+        if rb is None:
+            return []
+        m = max(0, min(n, self._fifo_len()))
+        if m <= 0:
+            return []
+        pos = self._ridx
+        first = min(m, self._rb_cap - pos)
+        # Copy out
+        out = [0.0] * m
+        # First chunk
+        out[:first] = rb[pos:pos + first]
+        # Second chunk if wrap
+        second = m - first
+        if second > 0:
+            out[first:] = rb[0:second]
+        return out
+
+    def _fifo_discard(self, n: int) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            d = max(0, min(n, self._size))
+            self._ridx = (self._ridx + d) % self._rb_cap
+            self._size -= d
+
+    def _update_ratio(self) -> None:
+        # PI loop to hold buffer near target
+        # Error: positive when buffer too full (need to consume more = lower ratio)
+        e_samples = self._fifo_len() - self._target_samples
+        if -self._deadband <= e_samples <= self._deadband:
+            e_samples = 0.0
+        fs = float(self._pcm_format_in.sample_rate)
+        e_time = float(e_samples) / max(1e-9, fs)  # seconds
+
+        # Integrator on time error with clamping (anti-windup)
+        cand_integral = self._integral + e_time
+        # Clamp integral to prevent runaway
+        if cand_integral > self._integral_limit:
+            cand_integral = self._integral_limit
+        elif cand_integral < -self._integral_limit:
+            cand_integral = -self._integral_limit
+
+        # Compute new ratio command (NEG sign: if buffer too full, reduce ratio)
+        r_cmd = self._R0 * (1.0 - (self._Kp * e_time + self._Ki * cand_integral))
+
+        # Absolute clamp to ±20000 ppm vs nominal
+        ppm_cmd = 1e6 * (r_cmd / self._R0 - 1.0)
+        if ppm_cmd > 20000.0:
+            ppm_cmd = 20000.0
+        elif ppm_cmd < -20000.0:
+            ppm_cmd = -20000.0
+        r_cmd = self._R0 * (1.0 + ppm_cmd * 1e-6)
+
+        # Slew-rate limit per update
+        ppm_prev = 1e6 * (self._r / self._R0 - 1.0)        # --- Benchmarking state for _read() ---
+        dppm = ppm_cmd - ppm_prev
+        if dppm > self._max_step_ppm:
+            ppm_cmd = ppm_prev + self._max_step_ppm
+        elif dppm < -self._max_step_ppm:
+            ppm_cmd = ppm_prev - self._max_step_ppm
+
+        # Low-pass smoothing of ratio updates
+        r_target = self._R0 * (1.0 + ppm_cmd * 1e-6)
+        self._r = (1.0 - self._alpha_r) * self._r + self._alpha_r * r_target
+
+        # Accept integral only when not at hard clamps to reduce windup
+        if abs(ppm_cmd) < 20000.0:
+            self._integral = cand_integral
+        else:
+            # light decay when clamped
+            self._integral *= 0.995
+
+        # Occasional log
+        try:
+            import time as _time
+            now = _time.time()
+            if DEBUG_LOG and (now - self._last_log > 1.0):
+                buf_ms = 1000.0 * self._fifo_len() / float(self._pcm_format_in.sample_rate)
+                print(
+                    f"\nASRC buf={buf_ms:5.1f} ms r={self._r:.9f} corr={1e6 * (self._r / self._R0 - 1.0):+7.1f} ppm"
+                )
+                self._last_log = now
+        except Exception:
+            # Logging must never break audio
+            pass
+
+    def _process(self, n_out: int) -> list[float]:
+        # Accumulate at least n_out samples using samplerate.Resampler
+        if n_out <= 0:
+            return []
+        # Lazy imports
+        import numpy as np  # type: ignore
+
+        # Lazy init output buffer
+        if self._out_buf is None:
+            self._out_buf = np.zeros(0, dtype=np.float32)
+
+        # Choose chunk so we don't take too much from FIFO each time
+        max_chunk = max(256, int(np.ceil(n_out / max(1e-9, self._r))))
+        safety_iters = 0
+        while self._out_buf.size < n_out and safety_iters < 16:
+            safety_iters += 1
+            available = self._fifo_len()
+            if available <= 0:
+                break
+            take = min(available, max_chunk)
+            x = self._fifo_peek_array(take)
+            self._fifo_discard(take)
+            if not x:
+                break
+            x_arr = np.asarray(x, dtype=np.float32)
+            if self._rs is not None:
+                try:
+                    y = self._rs.process(x_arr, ratio=float(self._r), end_of_input=False)
+                except Exception:
+                    logger.exception("ASRC resampler error")
+                    y = None
+            else:
+                y = None
+            if y is not None and getattr(y, 'size', 0):
+                y = y.astype(np.float32, copy=False)
+                if self._out_buf.size == 0:
+                    self._out_buf = y
+                else:
+                    self._out_buf = np.concatenate((self._out_buf, y))
+
+        if self._out_buf.size >= n_out:
+            out = self._out_buf[:n_out]
+            self._out_buf = self._out_buf[n_out:]
+            return out.tolist()
+        else:
+            # Not enough data produced; pad with zeros
+            out = np.zeros(n_out, dtype=np.float32)
+            # Debug: report zero-padding underflow
+            try:
+                if DEBUG_LOG:
+                    import time as _time
+                    if _time.time() - self._last_log > 0.5:
+                        produced = int(self._out_buf.size)
+                        fifo_now = int(self._fifo_len())
+                        corr_ppm = 1e6 * (self._r / self._R0 - 1.0)
+                        print(
+                            f"\nASRC debug: zero-padding underflow produced={produced}/{n_out} "
+                            f"fifo={fifo_now} r={self._r:.9f} corr={corr_ppm:+.1f} ppm"
+                        )
+                        self._last_log = _time.time()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            if self._out_buf.size:
+                out[: self._out_buf.size] = self._out_buf
+                self._out_buf = np.zeros(0, dtype=np.float32)
+            return out.tolist()
+
+    def _mono_to_stereo_int16_bytes(self, mono_f32: list[float]) -> bytes:
+        # Convert [-1,1] float list to stereo int16 little-endian bytes
+        import struct
+        ba = bytearray()
+        for v in mono_f32:
+            # clip
+            if v > 1.0:
+                v = 1.0
+            elif v < -1.0:
+                v = -1.0
+            i16 = int(v * 32767.0)
+            ba += struct.pack('<hh', i16, i16)
+        return bytes(ba)
+
+    # ---------------- ThreadedAudioInput hooks -----------------
+    def _open(self) -> PcmFormat:
+        # Set up sounddevice RawInputStream (auto: int32 -> int24 -> int16) and start callback producer
+        import sounddevice  # pylint: disable=import-error
+        import math
+        import samplerate as sr  # type: ignore
+
+        # We capture mono regardless of requested channels, then output stereo.
+        channels = 1
+        samplerate = int(self._pcm_format_in.sample_rate)
+
+        # Force ALSA backend by selecting an ALSA-hostapi input device
+        # try:
+        #     # Resolve current device info/name first (fallback: None -> default input)
+        #     cur_dev_info = None
+        #     try:
+        #         cur_dev_info = sounddevice.query_devices(self._device, 'input')
+        #     except Exception:
+        #         cur_dev_info = None
+        #     cur_name = (cur_dev_info or {}).get('name', '') if isinstance(cur_dev_info, dict) else ''
+
+        #     # Discover ALSA-capable input devices by scanning all devices
+        #     all_devs = list(sounddevice.query_devices())
+
+        #     alsa_candidates: list[tuple[int, dict, dict]] = []
+        #     for didx, info in enumerate(all_devs):
+        #         if not isinstance(info, dict):
+        #             continue
+        #         if (info.get('max_input_channels') or 0) <= 0:
+        #             continue
+        #         try:
+        #             host = sounddevice.query_hostapis(info.get('hostapi'))
+        #         except Exception:
+        #             continue
+        #         if not isinstance(host, dict):
+        #             continue
+        #         if 'ALSA' in (host.get('name') or ''):
+        #             alsa_candidates.append((didx, info, host))
+
+        #     if not alsa_candidates:
+        #         raise RuntimeError("ASRC: No ALSA host API/input device available. Ensure PortAudio was built with ALSA and an ALSA input exists.")
+
+        #     # Prefer same-name device, else pick first ALSA input
+        #     chosen_idx, chosen_info, chosen_host = None, None, None
+        #     if cur_name:
+        #         for didx, info, host in alsa_candidates:
+        #             if (info.get('name') or '') == cur_name:
+        #                 chosen_idx, chosen_info, chosen_host = didx, info, host
+        #                 break
+        #     if chosen_idx is None:
+        #         chosen_idx, chosen_info, chosen_host = alsa_candidates[0]
+
+        #     # Switch default hostapi and target device to ALSA
+        #     try:
+        #         sounddevice.default.hostapi = chosen_info.get('hostapi')  # index
+        #     except Exception:
+        #         pass
+        #     logger.info(
+        #         "ASRC: forcing ALSA backend: switching device index %s -> %s (name='%s')",
+        #         str(self._device), str(chosen_idx), (cur_name or '')
+        #     )
+        #     self._device = int(chosen_idx)
+
+        #     # Final verification: ensure the currently selected input device is on ALSA
+        #     try:
+        #         finfo = sounddevice.query_devices(self._device, 'input')
+        #         fhost = sounddevice.query_hostapis(finfo['hostapi']) if isinstance(finfo, dict) else {}
+        #         fname = (fhost.get('name') or '') if isinstance(fhost, dict) else ''
+        #     except Exception:
+        #         finfo, fname = None, ''
+        #     if 'ALSA' not in (fname or ''):
+        #         raise RuntimeError(
+        #             f"ASRC: expected ALSA hostapi after selection, but got '{fname or 'UNKNOWN'}'"
+        #         )
+        # except Exception as e:
+        #     logger.exception("ASRC: error while attempting to force ALSA backend")
+        #     raise
+
+        # Debug: print which backend/host API and device are used by sounddevice (after forcing)
+        dev_info = sounddevice.query_devices(self._device, 'input')
+        hostapi_info = sounddevice.query_hostapis(dev_info['hostapi'])
+        # PortAudio version string (may be empty on some builds)
+        try:
+            pa_ver = sounddevice.get_portaudio_version()[1]
+        except Exception:
+            pa_ver = ''
+        if DEBUG_LOG:
+            logger.info(
+                "ASRC sounddevice: device='%s' hostapi='%s' samplerate=%d channels=%d portaudio='%s'",
+                dev_info.get('name', '?'),
+                hostapi_info.get('name', '?'),
+                samplerate,
+                channels,
+                pa_ver or '?'
+            )
+
+        def _callback(indata, frames, time_info, status):  # noqa: ARG001 (signature is fixed)
+            # indata: raw integer PCM bytes-like buffer of shape (frames, channels)
+            try:
+                if status and DEBUG_LOG:
+                    logger.warning("Input status: %s", status)
+                if frames <= 0:
+                    return
+                # Convert native integer PCM -> float32 [-1,1]
+                import numpy as _np  # type: ignore
+                dtype = self._in_dtype or 'int32'
+                if dtype == 'int32':
+                    try:
+                        x_i32 = _np.frombuffer(indata, dtype=_np.int32)
+                        x_f32 = _np.asarray(x_i32, dtype=_np.float32) * (1.0 / 2147483648.0)
+                    except Exception:
+                        mv = memoryview(indata).cast('i')
+                        x_f32 = _np.empty(frames, dtype=_np.float32)
+                        for i in range(frames):
+                            v = mv[i]
+                            f = float(v) / 2147483648.0
+                            if not (f == f) or math.isinf(f):
+                                f = 0.0
+                            x_f32[i] = f
+                elif dtype == 'int16':
+                    try:
+                        x_i16 = _np.frombuffer(indata, dtype=_np.int16)
+                        x_f32 = _np.asarray(x_i16, dtype=_np.float32) * (1.0 / 32768.0)
+                    except Exception:
+                        mv = memoryview(indata).cast('h')
+                        x_f32 = _np.empty(frames, dtype=_np.float32)
+                        for i in range(frames):
+                            v = mv[i]
+                            f = float(v) / 32768.0
+                            if not (f == f) or math.isinf(f):
+                                f = 0.0
+                            x_f32[i] = f
+                else:  # 'int24' packed S24LE
+                    try:
+                        b = _np.frombuffer(indata, dtype=_np.uint8)
+                        # Expect length == frames * channels * 3, channels=1
+                        if b.size != frames * 3:
+                            # Fallback: truncate to multiple of 3
+                            n3 = (b.size // 3) * 3
+                            b = b[:n3]
+                        a = b.reshape(-1, 3)
+                        # Little-endian assembly
+                        val = (a[:, 0].astype(_np.int32) |
+                               (a[:, 1].astype(_np.int32) << 8) |
+                               (a[:, 2].astype(_np.int32) << 16))
+                        # Sign-extend from 24-bit
+                        neg = (a[:, 2] & 0x80) != 0
+                        val[neg] -= (1 << 24)
+                        x_f32 = val.astype(_np.float32) * (1.0 / 8388608.0)  # 2**23
+                    except Exception:
+                        # Very slow scalar fallback
+                        mv = memoryview(indata)
+                        x_f32 = _np.empty(frames, dtype=_np.float32)
+                        for i in range(frames):
+                            o = i * 3
+                            b0 = mv[o]
+                            b1 = mv[o + 1]
+                            b2 = mv[o + 2]
+                            v = (b0 | (b1 << 8) | (b2 << 16))
+                            if b2 & 0x80:
+                                v -= (1 << 24)
+                            f = float(v) / 8388608.0
+                            if not (f == f) or math.isinf(f):
+                                f = 0.0
+                            x_f32[i] = f
+                # Debug: detect silent input chunks (all zeros)
+                try:
+                    if DEBUG_LOG:
+                        import time as _time
+                        if _np.max(_np.abs(x_f32)) == 0.0 and (_time.time() - self._last_log > 0.5):
+                            print("\nASRC debug: input chunk is silent (all zeros)")
+                            self._last_log = _time.time()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+                # Write to FIFO
+                self._fifo_write(x_f32)
+                # Track capture timestamp for latency measurement
+                if LATENCY_DEBUG:
+                    import time as _time
+                    capture_ts = _time.time()
+                    self._capture_timestamp = capture_ts
+                    # Record timestamp for these samples
+                    self._total_samples_written += frames
+                    self._frame_timestamps.append((self._total_samples_written, capture_ts))
+                    # Keep only last 100 timestamps
+                    if len(self._frame_timestamps) > 100:
+                        self._frame_timestamps.pop(0)
+                # Input throughput logging
+                try:
+                    if DEBUG_LOG:
+                        import time as _time
+                        self._in_samples += int(frames)
+                        now = _time.time()
+                        if now - self._in_last_log >= 1.0:
+                            sps = self._in_samples / max(1e-9, (now - self._in_last_log))
+                            fifo_now = int(self._fifo_len())
+                            corr_ppm = 1e6 * (self._r / self._R0 - 1.0)
+                            print(
+                                f"\nASRC debug: input_sps={sps:.1f} fifo={fifo_now} r={self._r:.9f} corr={corr_ppm:+.1f} ppm"
+                            )
+                            self._in_samples = 0
+                            self._in_last_log = now
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+            except Exception:  # never let callback raise
+                logger.exception("Audio input callback error")
+
+        # Create streaming resampler (mono)
+        try:
+            self._rs = sr.Resampler(converter_type="sinc_medium", channels=1)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Failed to create samplerate.Resampler; audio may be silent")
+            self._rs = None
+
+        # Try opening stream with preferred native formats
+        last_err = None
+        for cand in ('int32', 'int24', 'int16'):
+            try:
+                st = sounddevice.RawInputStream(
+                    samplerate=samplerate,
+                    device=self._device,
+                    channels=channels,
+                    dtype=cand,
+                    callback=_callback,
+                    blocksize=int(2e-3 * samplerate),
+                    latency='low',
+                )
+                self._stream = st
+                self._in_dtype = cand
+                if DEBUG_LOG:
+                    logger.info("ASRC selected input dtype: %s", cand)
+                break
+            except Exception as e:  # keep trying next
+                last_err = e
+                continue
+        if self._stream is None:
+            logger.exception("ASRC failed to open RawInputStream for all dtypes (int32,int24,int16)")
+            if last_err:
+                raise last_err
+            raise RuntimeError("ASRC: could not open input stream")
+        # Don't start stream yet - wait for first read to avoid buffer buildup
+
+        return self._pcm_format_out
+
+    def _read(self, frame_size: int) -> bytes:
+        # Produce 'frame_size' output frames (stereo INT16)
+        if frame_size <= 0:
+            return b''
+        # loop counter
+        self._bench_loop += 1
+        # Benchmark start
+        try:
+            from time import perf_counter as _pc
+        except Exception:
+            _pc = None  # type: ignore
+        _t0 = _pc() if _pc else None
+        
+        # Track which samples we're reading for latency measurement
+        read_start_time = None
+        if LATENCY_DEBUG:
+            import time as _time
+            read_start_time = _time.time()
+
+        # Start stream on first read to avoid buffer buildup during initialization
+        if self._stream and not self._stream_started:
+            self._stream.start()
+            self._stream_started = True
+            # Don't block - let callback start filling buffer asynchronously
+        _t1 = _pc() if _pc else None
+        # Update resampling ratio based on FIFO level
+        try:
+            self._update_ratio()
+        except Exception:
+            # keep going even if update failed
+            pass
+        _t2 = _pc() if _pc else None
+        # Process mono float32
+        mono = self._process(frame_size)
+        _t3 = _pc() if _pc else None
+        # Convert to stereo int16 LE bytes
+        out = self._mono_to_stereo_int16_bytes(mono)
+        _t4 = _pc() if _pc else None
+        
+        # Latency tracking: estimate frame age from timestamp queue
+        frame_age_ms = 0.0
+        if LATENCY_DEBUG and read_start_time and self._frame_timestamps:
+            import time as _time
+            now = _time.time()
+            # Find oldest timestamp still in FIFO (conservative estimate)
+            fifo_samples = self._fifo_len()
+            if fifo_samples > 0 and self._frame_timestamps:
+                # Estimate: we're reading from tail of FIFO, oldest data is ~fifo_samples ago
+                # Find timestamp of samples that are now at the read position
+                read_position = self._total_samples_written - fifo_samples
+                # Find closest timestamp
+                frame_ts = None
+                for pos, ts in self._frame_timestamps:
+                    if pos >= read_position:
+                        frame_ts = ts
+                        break
+                if frame_ts:
+                    frame_age_ms = 1000.0 * (now - frame_ts)
+            
+            fifo_ms = 1000.0 * fifo_samples / float(self._pcm_format_in.sample_rate)
+            if now - self._last_latency_log >= self._latency_log_interval:
+                logger.info(
+                    "LATENCY: ASRC frame_age=%.1f ms | FIFO: %d samples (%.1f ms) | corr: %+.1f ppm",
+                    frame_age_ms,
+                    fifo_samples,
+                    fifo_ms,
+                    1e6 * (self._r / self._R0 - 1.0)
+                )
+                self._last_latency_log = now
+
+        # Aggregate benchmarking stats
+        try:
+            if _pc and _t0 is not None and _t4 is not None:
+                total = _t4 - _t0
+                proc = (_t3 - _t2) if (_t3 is not None and _t2 is not None) else 0.0
+                conv = (_t4 - _t3) if (_t4 is not None and _t3 is not None) else 0.0
+                # Compute 'other' segment (everything outside proc+conv)
+                other = max(0.0, total - (proc + conv))
+                # Immediate warning if proc+conv or total exceeds 10 ms
+                if DEBUG_LOG and ((proc + conv) > 0.010 or total > 0.010):
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "ASRC _read SLOW: loop=%d frame=%d total=%.3f ms | proc=%.3f ms conv=%.3f ms other=%.3f ms",
+                        self._bench_loop,
+                        frame_size,
+                        1000.0 * total,
+                        1000.0 * proc,
+                        1000.0 * conv,
+                        1000.0 * other,
+                    )
+                self._bench_count += 1
+                self._bench_total_sum += total
+                self._bench_proc_sum += proc
+                self._bench_conv_sum += conv
+                if total < self._bench_total_min:
+                    self._bench_total_min = total
+                if total > self._bench_total_max:
+                    self._bench_total_max = total
+
+                # Periodic log (~2s)
+                import time as _time
+                now = _time.time()
+                if DEBUG_LOG and (now - self._bench_last_log >= 2.0) and self._bench_count > 0:
+                    avg_total_ms = 1000.0 * (self._bench_total_sum / self._bench_count)
+                    avg_proc_ms = 1000.0 * (self._bench_proc_sum / self._bench_count)
+                    avg_conv_ms = 1000.0 * (self._bench_conv_sum / self._bench_count)
+                    min_ms = 1000.0 * (self._bench_total_min if self._bench_total_min != float('inf') else 0.0)
+                    max_ms = 1000.0 * self._bench_total_max
+                    # Per-frame timing (µs) for convenience
+                    per_frame_us = (avg_total_ms * 1000.0) / max(1, frame_size)
+                    logger.info(
+                        "ASRC _read bench: calls=%d frame=%d avg=%.3f ms min=%.3f ms max=%.3f ms | proc=%.3f ms conv=%.3f ms | per_frame=%.2f µs",
+                        self._bench_count,
+                        frame_size,
+                        avg_total_ms,
+                        min_ms,
+                        max_ms,
+                        avg_proc_ms,
+                        avg_conv_ms,
+                        per_frame_us,
+                    )
+                    # Reset period accumulators but keep extrema across run
+                    self._bench_count = 0
+                    self._bench_total_sum = 0.0
+                    self._bench_proc_sum = 0.0
+                    self._bench_conv_sum = 0.0
+                    self._bench_last_log = now
+        except Exception:
+            # Never let benchmarking break audio path
+            pass
+
+        # Attach frame timestamp to output (as a pseudo-header for tracking)
+        # We'll store it in a class variable that multicast.py can read
+        if LATENCY_DEBUG and frame_age_ms > 0:
+            self._last_frame_age_ms = frame_age_ms
+        
+        return out
+
+    def _close(self) -> None:
+        try:
+            if self._stream is not None:
+                self._stream.stop()
+                self._stream.close()
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception('Error closing input stream')
+        finally:
+            self._stream = None
+            self._stream_started = False
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# print_pw_latency.sh — latency info for nodes that currently appear in PipeWire Links
+# Deps: pw-cli, pw-dump, pw-link, pw-metadata, jq, awk, sed, grep, sort, uniq
+
+set -euo pipefail
+FILTER_NAME=""
+FILTER_ID=""
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0 [-n name_regex] [-i node_id]
+Shows latency-related info ONLY for nodes that participate in current links.
+EOF
+}
+
+while getopts ":n:i:h" opt; do
+  case "$opt" in
+    n) FILTER_NAME="$OPTARG" ;;
+    i) FILTER_ID="$OPTARG" ;;
+    h) usage; exit 0 ;;
+    \?) echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2; usage; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+need() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Missing dependency: $1" >&2; exit 1; }; }
+for bin in pw-cli pw-dump pw-link pw-metadata jq awk sed grep sort uniq; do need "$bin"; done
+
+div() { printf '%*s\n' "${COLUMNS:-80}" '' | tr ' ' -; }
+
+echo "PipeWire latency inspector (linked nodes) — $(date)"
+div
+echo "GLOBAL CLOCK SETTINGS (pw-metadata -n settings):"
+pw-metadata -n settings 2>/dev/null || echo "(no settings metadata found)"
+echo
+# Parse 'update: id:0 key:'clock.rate' value:'48000' type:'''
+pw-metadata -n settings 2>/dev/null \
+| awk '
+  match($0, /key:\x27([^'\''"]+)\x27[[:space:]]+value:\x27([^'\''"]*)\x27/, m) {
+    printf "  %s: %s\n", m[1], m[2]
+  }
+' || true
+
+div
+echo "CURRENT LINKS (pw-link -l):"
+pw-link -l 2>/dev/null || echo "(no links or cannot list links)"
+div
+
+# ---------- Collect node IDs from Links ----------
+# Primary: use pw-dump Link objects (no state filter; just "any existing link")
+LINK_NODE_IDS="$(
+  pw-dump 2>/dev/null \
+  | jq -r '
+      .[] | select(.type=="PipeWire:Interface:Link") | select(.info!=null)
+      | [.info.output_node, .info.input_node] | @tsv
+    ' \
+  | awk '{print $1"\n"$2}' \
+  | sed '/^$/d' | sort -n | uniq || true
+)"
+
+# Fallback: parse names from pw-link -l and map names -> IDs via pw-dump
+if [[ -z "$LINK_NODE_IDS" ]]; then
+  # Extract all "node:port" tokens and cut at the colon → node names
+  LINK_NODE_NAMES="$(
+    pw-link -l 2>/dev/null \
+    | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*|[-<>][[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]\+$//; p' \
+    | awk -F':' '/:/{print $1}' \
+    | sed '/^$/d' | sort | uniq || true
+  )"
+
+  if [[ -n "$LINK_NODE_NAMES" ]]; then
+    # Build name->id map from pw-dump Nodes
+    # Prefer node.name; fallback to node.description
+    while read -r nm; do
+      [[ -z "$nm" ]] && continue
+      id="$(pw-dump | jq -r --arg n "$nm" '
+        .[] | select(.type=="PipeWire:Interface:Node")
+        | select((.info.props["node.name"] // .info.props["node.description"] // "") == $n)
+        | .id
+      ' | head -n1)"
+      [[ -n "$id" ]] && echo "$id"
+    done <<< "$LINK_NODE_NAMES" \
+    | sort -n | uniq > /tmp/_pw_link_node_ids.$$
+    LINK_NODE_IDS="$(cat /tmp/_pw_link_node_ids.$$ || true)"
+    rm -f /tmp/_pw_link_node_ids.$$ || true
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$LINK_NODE_IDS" ]]; then
+  echo "No linked nodes found."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Pull all nodes and keep only those in LINK_NODE_IDS
+IDS_JSON="[$(echo "$LINK_NODE_IDS" | awk 'NR>1{printf ","}{printf "%s",$0} END{print ""}')]"
+NODES_JSON="$(pw-dump | jq -c '.[] | select(.type=="PipeWire:Interface:Node")')"
+NODES_JSON="$(echo "$NODES_JSON" | jq -c --argjson ids "$IDS_JSON" 'select([.id] | inside($ids))')"
+
+# Optional filters
+[[ -n "$FILTER_ID"   ]] && NODES_JSON="$(echo "$NODES_JSON" | jq -c "select(.id==$FILTER_ID)")"
+[[ -n "$FILTER_NAME" ]] && NODES_JSON="$(echo "$NODES_JSON" | jq -c "select((.info.props[\"node.name\"] // .info.props[\"node.description\"] // \"\") | test(\"$FILTER_NAME\"))")"
+
+if [[ -z "$NODES_JSON" ]]; then
+  echo "No matching linked nodes."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "LINKED NODE LATENCY DETAILS:"
+while IFS= read -r node; do
+  id=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.id')
+  name=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.props["node.name"] // .info.props["node.description"] // "unknown"')
+  appname=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.props["application.name"] // ""')
+  media=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.props["media.class"] // ""')
+  state=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.state // ""')
+  format=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.params?.Format?[0]?.audio?.format // empty')
+  rate=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.params?.Format?[0]?.audio?.rate // empty')
+  channels=$(echo "$node" | jq -r '.info.params?.Format?[0]?.audio?.channels // empty')
+
+  echo
+  echo "Node #$id  ${name} ${appname:+(app: $appname)}"
+  echo "  state: $state | media.class: $media"
+  if [[ -n "$rate" || -n "$channels" || -n "$format" ]]; then
+    echo "  format: ${format:-?}  rate: ${rate:-?}  channels: ${channels:-?}"
+    if [[ -n "$rate" ]]; then
+      q=$(pw-cli enum-params "$id" ProcessLatency 2>/dev/null | awk '/quantum/ {print $NF; exit}')
+      [[ -n "${q:-}" ]] && awk -v q="$q" -v r="$rate" 'BEGIN{printf "  ~sched per-cycle: %d/%d = %.3f ms\n", q, r, (q*1000.0/r)}'
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  LATENCY_RAW="$(pw-cli enum-params "$id" Latency 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if [[ -n "$LATENCY_RAW" ]]; then
+    echo "  node.latency param (per-direction):"
+    echo "$LATENCY_RAW" | awk '
+      BEGIN{RS="";FS="\n"}
+      {
+        dir="";
+        for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){
+          if($i ~ /direction/){
+            if($i ~ /input/) dir="capture";
+            else if($i ~ /output/) dir="playback";
+            else dir="unknown";
+          }
+          if($i ~ /min-quantum/ || $i ~ /max-quantum/ || $i ~ /rate/ || $i ~ /ns/){
+            gsub(/^[ \t]+/,"",$i); gsub(/Prop: key /,"",$i);
+            printf "    [%s] %s\n", dir, $i;
+          }
+        }
+      }'
+  else
+    echo "  node.latency: (no Latency param reported)"
+  fi
+
+  PROC_RAW="$(pw-cli enum-params "$id" ProcessLatency 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if [[ -n "$PROC_RAW" ]]; then
+    echo "  ProcessLatency:"
+    echo "$PROC_RAW" | awk '/quantum|rate|ns/ { gsub(/^[ \t]+/,""); sub(/Prop: key /,""); print "    " $0 }'
+  else
+    echo "  ProcessLatency: (not reported)"
+  fi
+
+  INFO_RAW="$(pw-cli info "$id" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if echo "$INFO_RAW" | grep -q "api.alsa"; then
+    echo "  ALSA (periods/headroom):"
+    echo "$INFO_RAW" | awk -F': ' '
+      /api\.alsa\.period-size/   {print "    api.alsa.period-size: " $2}
+      /api\.alsa\.periods/       {print "    api.alsa.periods: " $2}
+      /api\.alsa\.headroom/      {print "    api.alsa.headroom: " $2}
+      /api\.alsa\.disable-batch/ {print "    api.alsa.disable-batch: " $2}
+      /api\.alsa\.use-chmap/     {print "    api.alsa.use-chmap: " $2}
+    ' | sed 's/ (.*)//'
+  fi
+
+  echo "$INFO_RAW" | awk -F': ' '
+    /node\.force-rate/     {print "  Hint: node.force-rate: " $2}
+    /node\.force-quantum/  {print "  Hint: node.force-quantum: " $2}
+    /node\.latency/        {print "  Hint: node.latency (prop): " $2}
+    /resample\.quality/    {print "  Hint: resample.quality: " $2}
+  ' | sed 's/ (.*)//' || true
+done <<< "$NODES_JSON"
+
+div
+cat <<'TIP'
+Notes:
+- We include any node that appears in a Link (from pw-dump); this matches what pw-link -l shows.
+- ~sched per-cycle = quantum/rate from ProcessLatency. Device/codec/RF/jitter buffers sit on top.
+TIP
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Test USB audio device latency by measuring time from generating a click
+to receiving it back through the microphone (requires physical loopback).
+
+If no physical loopback is available, this measures the baseline capture latency
+by timestamping at different points in the audio pipeline.
+"""
+
+import sounddevice as sd
+import numpy as np
+import time
+import sys
+
+print("Testing USB Audio Device Latency")
+print("=" * 60)
+
+# List devices
+print("\nAvailable devices:")
+devices = sd.query_devices()
+for i, dev in enumerate(devices):
+    print(f"  {i}: {dev['name']}")
+    if dev['max_input_channels'] > 0:
+        print(f"      Input: {dev['max_input_channels']} ch, latency: {dev['default_low_input_latency']*1000:.1f}ms (low) / {dev['default_high_input_latency']*1000:.1f}ms (high)")
+    if dev['max_output_channels'] > 0:
+        print(f"      Output: {dev['max_output_channels']} ch, latency: {dev['default_low_output_latency']*1000:.1f}ms (low) / {dev['default_high_output_latency']*1000:.1f}ms (high)")
+
+# Find USB Audio Device
+usb_device_idx = None
+for i, dev in enumerate(devices):
+    if 'USB Audio' in dev['name'] and dev['max_input_channels'] > 0:
+        usb_device_idx = i
+        break
+
+if usb_device_idx is None:
+    print("\nError: USB Audio Device not found!")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+device_info = devices[usb_device_idx]
+print(f"\nTesting device #{usb_device_idx}: {device_info['name']}")
+print(f"  Default low latency: {device_info['default_low_input_latency']*1000:.1f}ms")
+print(f"  Default high latency: {device_info['default_high_input_latency']*1000:.1f}ms")
+print(f"  Default sample rate: {device_info['default_samplerate']} Hz")
+
+# Test capture latency by measuring callback timing
+print("\n" + "="*60)
+print("Test: Measuring callback timing (10 second capture)")
+print("="*60)
+
+capture_times = []
+callback_count = 0
+
+def callback(indata, frames, time_info, status):
+    global callback_count
+    if status:
+        print(f"Status: {status}")
+    
+    # Record timing info
+    capture_times.append({
+        'callback_num': callback_count,
+        'frames': frames,
+        'input_buffer_adc_time': time_info.inputBufferAdcTime,
+        'current_time': time_info.currentTime,
+        'callback_latency': (time_info.currentTime - time_info.inputBufferAdcTime) * 1000,  # ms
+    })
+    callback_count += 1
+
+samplerate = 48000
+blocksize = int(0.002 * samplerate)  # 2ms blocks (matches ASRC)
+
+print(f"\nConfig: {samplerate}Hz, blocksize={blocksize} ({blocksize/samplerate*1000:.1f}ms)")
+print("\nStarting capture...")
+
+try:
+    with sd.InputStream(
+        device=usb_device_idx,
+        channels=1,
+        samplerate=samplerate,
+        blocksize=blocksize,
+        latency='low',
+        callback=callback
+    ):
+        time.sleep(10)
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Error: {e}")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print(f"\nCaptured {len(capture_times)} callbacks")
+
+if capture_times:
+    latencies = [t['callback_latency'] for t in capture_times]
+    print(f"\nCallback Latency Statistics:")
+    print(f"  Mean: {np.mean(latencies):.2f} ms")
+    print(f"  Median: {np.median(latencies):.2f} ms")
+    print(f"  Min: {np.min(latencies):.2f} ms")
+    print(f"  Max: {np.max(latencies):.2f} ms")
+    print(f"  StdDev: {np.std(latencies):.2f} ms")
+    
+    print(f"\nFirst 5 callbacks:")
+    for t in capture_times[:5]:
+        print(f"  #{t['callback_num']}: {t['frames']} frames, latency={t['callback_latency']:.2f}ms")
+    
+    print(f"\nLast 5 callbacks:")
+    for t in capture_times[-5:]:
+        print(f"  #{t['callback_num']}: {t['frames']} frames, latency={t['callback_latency']:.2f}ms")
+
+print("\n" + "="*60)
+print("INTERPRETATION:")
+print("="*60)
+print("The 'callback_latency' shows the time between when audio was")
+print("captured by the USB device ADC (inputBufferAdcTime) and when")
+print("the callback is invoked (currentTime).")
+print("")
+print("This includes:")
+print("  - USB device internal buffering")
+print("  - USB bus latency")
+print("  - PipeWire/ALSA buffering")
+print("  - Driver/kernel scheduling latency")
+print("")
+print("If this latency is ~50-70ms, it explains your missing gap!")
+print("="*60)