[linux-audio-dev] Re: Status of mLAN or similar?

[torbenh at gmx.de]

On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 04:01:00PM +0100, Robert Jonsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thursday 03 Nov 2005 21:58, torbenh at gmx.de wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:18:23AM -0700, seablade at softhome.net wrote:
> > > Heh I really should get my head checked, my memory is going on me, so yea
> > > I looked into NetJack, it is for Linux;)  
> 
> You don't need to get your head checked. The unfortunate truth is that there 
> are two more or less unrelated netjack projects, one is for MacOS, one is for 
> Linux.
> As Torben points out I did get it to work with PPC Linux (to some degree 
> atleast) but it won't work with MacOS. 
> The network-transport mechanism is not the same between the two so it won't 
> work using macosx-netjack <--> linux-netjack either, atleast not for the 
> moment.

i was not aware of this.
i cant get the sourcecode of netjack-osx because the j sf cvs services are
down... always release source tarballs.



ok... now i think this namechoice was REALLY bad.
i believe, that both projects work differently.
anybody can tell me how the sync is done ?


we need a new project name: 

fast.
project can be found using google.
no real conflicts.


> 
> Regards,
> Robert
> 
> > > So if the author is reading 
> > > this I may be able to give you some feedback soon on if it works
> > > crossplatform(x86 Linux to PPC Mac).
> > >
> > > However is there a way to get more than a stereo pair going back and
> > > forth, or am I limited in that function for right now?
> > >
> > >        Seablade
> >
> > robert jonssen has a mac and implemented the endianess stuff.
> > my current work in cvs does not convert everything. i will fix this
> > soon. but i am focussing on getting the transport sync between the hosts
> > working.
> >
> > it is definitely a goal to make it work cross platform.
> >
> > because i intend to make some jam session with a friend of mine who will
> > return in january to germany....
> >
> > in the mean time i need testers who verify cross-platform.
> >
> > and yes you are currently limited to 2 channels because stupid me
> > hardcoded the 2 in some places i did not tidy up yet.
> > but if you use 100mbit 4 channels should be possible without any
> > drawbacks.
> >
> > step by step. i dont have much spare time :(
> 
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