[LAU] timemachine bug

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On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:37:04 +0000
Peter Nelson <peter at fuzzle.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 18:25 -0800, Kim Cascone wrote:
> > when I connect the output of Audacity to Timemachine _by hand_ using 
> > Patchage
> > there is a delay in the stereo sound file between the start of audio in 
> > ch1 & 2
> > which is equal to the time at which the connections are physically made 
> > to timemachine
> > 
> > in other words:
> > - I create a 10 sec file of 440Hz sine in Audacity
> > - play it back on loop
> > - go to Patchage and connect ch1 from PortAudio (which is actually 
> > Audacity) to Timemachine wait 10 seconds then connect ch2 to the other 
> > input of Timemachine
> > - hit record on Timemachine wait a couple of seconds
> > - stop record on Timemachine
> > - stop playback of 440 sine in Audacity
> > - open the sound file recorded by Timemachine in Audacity
> > - look at the start of the sound file
> > - there is a delay between channels seen in the sound file equal to the 
> > time I waited to connect ch1 & ch2
> 
> Maybe you could try with a JACK-native audio player. See below...
> 
> > side question: why do the outputs of Audacity appear as PortAudio in Jack?
> > is it a reference to virtual ports being instantiated when playback 
> > occurs in Audacity?
> 
> No, it's because Audacity does not support JACK. It only half-manages it
> through using the PortAudio library.
> 
> Peter.

... and the devs seem highly resistant to the idea of writing in full jack
support - they've certainly been asked often enough. Maybe it's due to
cross-platform implications.

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