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And further, video latency is much less noticeable than audio latency. ~nobody will notice one dropped frame, but ~everyone will notice 16ms of audio missing, because you get a blatant click. Therefore, it is always important to prioritize audio buffering over video buffering.


oh, yes, I had to use some videoconferencing software recently that appears to drop audio before video. It was basically unusable.




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