# Opcode sample accuracy reporting issue

**URL:** <https://forum.csound.com/t/opcode-sample-accuracy-reporting-issue/2351>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [December 29, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/opcode-sample-accuracy-reporting-issue/2351 "2025-12-29T18:27:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![bsnacks](https://forum.csound.com/user_avatar/forum.csound.com/bsnacks/32/720_2.png) [@bsnacks](https://forum.csound.com/u/bsnacks)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.csound.com/t/opcode-sample-accuracy-reporting-issue/2351/1 "2025-12-29T18:27:28Z")

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Hi,

I’m in the process of writing csound plugins to prototype/test a standalone dsp library I’ve been developing to good effect, but am running into some trouble being able to verify sample accurate offsets from the engine.

I will try not to paste too much code in here but I think I’m grabbing the recommended stuff in my process\_block function:

```csound
...
uint32_t nsmps = GetLocalKsmps(&obj->h);
uint32_t offset = obj->h.insdshead->ksmps_offset;
uint32_t early = obj->h.insdshead->ksmps_no_end;

// testing the sample accurate API
if (UNLIKELY(offset)) {
    memset(out, '\0', offset * sizeof(MYFLT));
}

if (UNLIKELY(early)) {
    nsmps -= early;
    memset(&out[nsmps], '\0', early * sizeof(MYFLT));
}

csound->Message(csound, "nsmps=%u offset=%u early=%u\n", nsmps, offset, early);
...

```

In my score I am testing the opcode in instruments using this event timing:

```csound
<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
    --opcode-lib=./build/csnd/libblpcsnd.so
    --opcode-lib=./build/csnd/libblpcsnd.dylib
    -t 60
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>
sr = 48000
ksmps = 64
nchnls = 1
0dbfs = 1

; ddelay -- test static delay line
instr 1
    aenv linseg 1, 0.05, 0
    asig oscili 0.7 * aenv, 440

    kdel init p4
    kfb init p5

    adel = kdel ; milliseconds
    afb = kfb ; 0 - 1
    idelmax = 1.0

    aout ddelay2 asig, adel, afb, idelmax
    out aout * 0.5 + asig * 0.5
endin

; ddelay -- test modulation
instr 2
    ; test input
    aenv linseg 1, 0.05, 0
    asig oscili 0.4 * aenv, 440

    adel linseg p4, p3, p5
    afb linseg p6, p3, p7
    idelmax = 1.0

    aout ddelay2 asig, adel, afb, idelmax
    out aout * 0.5 + asig * 0.5
endin

</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

    i1 0.0127 2 200 0.6
    i2 2.0123 3 100 800 0.7 0.3
    i2 5.742 2 200 10 0.6 0.8

</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

```

which I would expect to give me offset/early at the start and end of the events… however I only get `nsmps=64 offset=0 early=0` reported for each kblock…

I’ve run the cli like:

```csound
csound --sample-accurate -o dac ./script.csd
csound --sample-accurate ./script.csd   

```

There are no issues with the rest of my plugin’s process\_block and I get good audio output from the plugin so really it seems that the engine is just not reporting the timing for me for some reason i can’t figure out and falling back to the ksmps block.

Here’s the version I’m using btw (compiled with floats on ubuntu 22):

```csound
--Csound version 7.0 (float samples) Jul 6 2025
[commit: 13e86532f568b6c148fbff180a8bf934f97dec5b]

```

Please let me know if I’m overlooking something obvious… I’m a bit stumped. If there is any other relevent code/config needed from my build to figure it out just let me know and I’ll reply with it

thanks! happy holidaze!  
-johnny