examples: init metadata with time before loop begins

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/host/examples/tx_timed_samples.cpp b/host/examples/tx_timed_samples.cpp
index 074b13e81..6d6aa7010 100644
--- a/host/examples/tx_timed_samples.cpp
+++ b/host/examples/tx_timed_samples.cpp
@@ -84,15 +84,17 @@ int UHD_SAFE_MAIN(int argc, char *argv[]){
     //allocate data to send
     std::vector<std::complex<float> > buff(samps_per_packet, std::complex<float>(ampl, ampl));
 
+    uhd::tx_metadata_t md;
+    md.time_spec = uhd::time_spec_t(seconds_in_future);
+
     //send the data in multiple packets
     size_t num_packets = (total_num_samps+samps_per_packet-1)/samps_per_packet;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_packets; i++){
-        //setup the metadata flags and time spec
-        uhd::tx_metadata_t md;
+
+        //setup the metadata flags per fragment
         md.start_of_burst = (i == 0);              //only first packet has SOB
         md.end_of_burst   = (i == num_packets-1);  //only last packet has EOB
         md.has_time_spec  = (i == 0);              //only first packet has time
-        md.time_spec = uhd::time_spec_t(seconds_in_future);
 
         size_t samps_to_send = std::min(total_num_samps - samps_per_packet*i, samps_per_packet);