From 67ee2b40918a6d01371640d585a176b77f1101a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Lerch <emil@lerch.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 12:53:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] start warning only when buffer starts to fill

---
 src/stt.zig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/stt.zig b/src/stt.zig
index c078699..28facd2 100644
--- a/src/stt.zig
+++ b/src/stt.zig
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ pub const Session = struct {
                     const end_time = std.time.nanoTimestamp();
                     const processing_ms = @divTrunc(end_time - start_time, std.time.ns_per_ms);
                     const realtime_ms = (samples_read * 1000) / 16000;
-                    if (processing_ms > realtime_ms)
+                    if (processing_ms > realtime_ms and buffer_fill > 20)
                         std.log.warn("Vosk processing behind realtime. {d} samples in {d}ms (realtime: {d}ms), buffer {d}% full", .{ samples_read, processing_ms, realtime_ms, buffer_fill });
 
                     // Reset error counters after successful operations