The 2025 Wheel Reinvention Jam is in 16 days. September 22-28, 2025. More info

SoundOutput.SafetyBytes meaning.

Watching the following video of HandMade Hero, episode 20:

https://youtu.be/hELF8KRqSIs?t=1h25m23s

I can't really understand the purpose of SoundOutput.SafetyBytes.

Isn't the WriteCursor already offset by the amount of time since GetGlobalBuffer->GetCurrentPosition was called?
If so, what does SoundOutput.SafetyBytes measure?

Edited by Carlos Gabriel Hasbun Comandari on