[LAU] need some advice before upgrading JACK

Carlo Capocasa theman at carlocapocasa.com
Wed Sep 23 12:30:50 EDT 2009


Hi Dave!

I have a dual core laptop and using Jack2 has brought an increase in
performance. I use compiled Jack2 and Jack apps from the packaging system.

Carlo

Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> 64 Studio 2.1 is a wonderfully stable and reliable system, one I've used 
> profitably for quite a long time now. Alas, it's definitely out-of-date, 
> and its version of JACK is the lamentable 0.109.2, and it's causing some 
> problems with AVSynthesis that I'd like to finally resolve by upgrading 
> JACK.
> 
> I have 64 Studio 3.0 beta on my laptop, but I don't plan to upgrade the 
> production machine until 3.0 reaches a stable public release. Meanwhile 
> I'll be pleased if I can safely upgrade some of its components.
> 
> Here's the question: I've successfully compiled JACK 0.116.2 and JACK2 
> 1.9.3, so in the opinions of my fellow LAUyers, which is the better 
> choice for this system ? If I move to JACK2 will I need to recompile my 
> JACK-savvy apps ? (That's not usually a problem.)
> 
> I await the dawn. :)
> 
> Best,
> 
> dp




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