[LAU] Session management with NSM

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 17:03 +0200, hermann meyer wrote:
> Am 04.09.2014 16:49, schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> > Hi Rui :)
> >
> > On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 15:34 +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> >> as said, automatic latency compensation in qtractors audio recording is
> >> a one-time settlement--it gets settled at the time you take the
> >> recording. nevermore it gets auto-adjusted later on, ie. the take offset
> >> value, as read from jack_port_get_latency*(), won't ever change
> >> thereafter. that means you're in charge to tweak it later if you please,
> >> by summoning the clip properties dialog and changing the offset value as
> >> you wish.
> > IIUC NSM doesn't care about the jackd settings. When Qtractor also
> > ignores the settings, expects that they are the same as when an audio
> > track was recorded, then Qtractor _does not_ support NSM session
> > management. I start my sessions by scripts and don't use a session
> > manager and it seems that my decision to do so is good.
> >
> > ______________________________
> 
> Your conclusions here are wrong. NSM didn't forward any jackd settings 
> to the clients. So, how a client behave regarding the latency setting in 
> jackd, have nothing to do with, if it support NSM or not.
> Also, your use of scripts didn't change that, so it isn't good or bad, 
> it's simply just the way YOU do it.

The scripts start all apps, do all connections and at first jackd is
started always using the same latency, so the sync of audio and MIDI
tracks for Qtractor can't differ. NSM cares about this too?