[LAU] [FFADO-devel] [ANN] FFADO 2.0 Release Candidate 1 (1.999.40) available

Pieter Palmers pieterp at joow.be
Mon Nov 24 03:13:26 EST 2008


Rick Green wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Pieter Palmers wrote:
> 
>> Rick Green wrote:
>>> I just downloaded and compiled  the tarball using the scons method.  
>>> I had to invoke sudo at the install step.
>>
>> First of all, thanks for testing FFADO.
>>
>> Did you read the README file in the tarball? It describes how to 
>> install ffado correctly.
>   Yes, I used the 'scons ; scons install' method as described in the 
> README.  However, 'scons install' threw an error which led me to run 
> 'sudo scons install' which completed normally.
> 
>> Moreover it also explains how to generate the information we require 
>> to solve any problems.
>>
>   Yes, I read that part also.  And I had all of two minutes to attempt a 
> first launch before I had to leave the house.  When it failed, I just 
> quickly sent out this post, knowing I'd have to follow up later.

I can only be happy that you were in such a haste to try it ;).

> 
>>>
>>> However. that's as far as I got.  When I hit 'start' in jackctl, I 
>>> get the following:
>>>
>>> jackd 0.113.0
>    ...
>>> firewire ERR: Error creating FFADO streaming device
>>> cannot load driver module firewire
>>>
>>
>> Apparently something went wrong somewhere.
> 
> Yes, now I'm home and I can look at it closer.  The 'something that went 
> wrong' turned out to be a failure on my part.  In my haste to run a 
> quick test, I did not fully seat the firewire cable in its socket.
>   Once that simple oversight was corrected, ffado loaded, Ardour was 
> able to connect, and I was able to lay down four tracks for about twenty 
> minutes without a single xrun.  My first recording using the focusrite 
> saffire 26 and *only* linux-based tools!

That's good to hear!

> 
>   Now, I need to learn these new tools.  First question:  In the jackctl 
> setup panel, the 'word length' selector is greyed out and showing '16 
> bit'.  How can I enable 20- or 24-bit recording?
> 

With FFADO, it's always 24 bit. Maybe the default in qjackctl should be 
24bit then...

Greets,

Pieter



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