[LAD] jack ringbuffer usage

Raphaël BOLLEN raphael.bollen at mobistar.be
Mon Apr 8 15:31:53 UTC 2013


On 04/08/2013 03:49 PM, Adrian Knoth wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 03:16:13PM +0200, Raphaël BOLLEN wrote:
>
>>>> It's yet another audio file player. My main interest (apart from
>>>> playing audio :-) ) is that it makes permanent connections to jack
>>>> instead of connecting / disconnecting when changing audio files.
>>>
>>> My 4deckradio does exactly this, though I'm not sure it fits the bill,
>>> since it's targeting radio DJs.
>>
>> Not really my use case but thanks for the link, I have it running
>> here. How do you control the decks? mouse, key shortcuts, other?
>
> You select a file and press play. You could also press F9 .. F12 to
> start/stop the decks. Or you own a studio surface which sends joystick
> button press/release events.
>
> If you have a USB joystick, simply connect it. Press Button 1, and it
> plays deck 1, release button 1, and it stops. Of course, you can also
> press Buttons 1-4 simultaneously to have all four decks playing at the
> same time. ;)
>
>
> Selecting a new file while one is playing queues the new file. Press
> stop or wait for the current one to finish to actually play it. (it's a
> safety for radio stations, so they're not accidentally stopping the
> current playback).
>
> Same for stop: program only quits if you stop all four decks and then
> press Ctrl+q. Well, the window-close button is a shortcut, but it
> wouldn't be visible in fullscreen mode.
>
>
> HTH
>


Thanks Adrian, may I suggest you copy paste this to your Readme.md file...


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