[LAU] Cannot set -C and -P devices using qjackctl

[Paul Davis]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:58 PM, James Harkins <jamshark70 at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK... I am having a really strange problem with qjackctl. Ubuntu 12.04,
> Jack 1.9.8, qjackctl 0.3.8.
>
> I've chosen my USB audio interface for capture and playback -- .jackdrc
> looks like this:
>
> /usr/bin/jackd -P70 -dalsa -r44100 -p1024 -n2 -D -Chw:1 -Phw:1,0
>

this is pointless. there is no difference between this and -d hw:1



>
> But, when qjackctl starts jack, it uses -Chw:0 -Phw:0.
>
> What's even more strange is that it was working yesterday. Today, no luck.
> No matter what I choose for the capture and playback devices, it always
> uses the laptop's built-in hardware. But, if I run the jackd command in the
> terminal, it DOES use the right device. So it seems simply that qjackctl is
> issuing the wrong command.
>
> As another test, I changed the hardware buffer size, but that is used
> correctly. So it's only the devices.
>
> I've heard of other problems with qjackctl vs. jackdbus -- is qjackctl the
> wrong tool? What is the right tool?
>
> Sorry if this is too basic a question. jackaudio.org is, unfortunately,
> no help at all: I would have thought the page about "Configuring and
> running a JACK server" would explain:
>
> http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/WalkThrough/User/GettingStarted
>
> ... but it's empty.
>
> Help...?
> James
>
>
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