[linux-audio-user] question about jackd/qjackctl options

[Paul Davis]

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 08:26 -0500, Josh Lawrence wrote:
> On 4/1/06, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> > actually, this is the opposite of the intent.
> >
> > softmode is there mostly for people who want to use JACK in, for
> > example, live situations where the occasional xrun is not a disaster.
> > they want realtime latency settings, but don't want any clients kicked
> > out if there is an xrun. if the watchdog doesn't work in softmode, its a
> > bug.
> >
> > --p
> 
> Wow, this explains a lot for me.  I'm trying to use it live, but I
> have never checked the softmode options.  Many of my apps produce
> xruns when they start, and thus the client disconnects.  It's good to
> know there may be a way to avoid this.

my description was actually misleading. i apologize for that.
the main point of softmode is to ignore ALSA-reported xruns. it is not
related to client handling. this has often been requested, but its
actually much harder to do than it may appear.

--p