[linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] hel p for a levelmeter]

[STEFFL, ERIK (SBCSI)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Vehmanen [mailto:kai.vehmanen at wakkanet.fi]
> 
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Conrad Parker wrote:
> 
> > it might save you some hassles if you changed the intro to 
> jack's web
> > pages, which currently read:
> > 
> >     JACK is a low-latency audio server, written primarily for the
> >     GNU/Linux operating system. It can connect a number of different
> >     applications to an audio device, as well as allowing 
> them to share
> >     audio between themselves.
> > 
> > that, by itself, sounds to the average user an awful lot 
> like a general
> > purpose audio server. Perhaps what you wrote in the email 
> below, comparing
> > JACK to ASIO, would be more appropriate.
> 
> But the second paragraph of the intro basicly already mentions
> the focus:
> 
> --cut--
> JACK is different from other audio server efforts in that it has been 
> designed from the ground up to be suitable for professional 
> audio work. 
> This means that it focuses on two key areas: synchronous 
> execution of all 
> clients, and low latency operation. 
> --cut--

  'suitable' does not mean 'exclusively suitable'. and 'focus' does not
(usually) mean 'completely ignore anything else'. all in all if it can
handle tough tasks I would expect it to handle easy tasks as well (which I
think was the point of original post)

	erik