[LAU] Very frustrating problem with JACK and exporting through mixbus

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Sat May 5 20:25:21 UTC 2012


Since issue doesn't occur 100% of the time, maybe it's something 
specific to projects that have the problem - like a particular plugin or 
softsynth patch?

On 05/05/2012 09:34 AM, Jason Jones wrote:
> I'm cross posting, including this to the JACK mailing list.
>
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Jason Jones wrote:
>
>     Hey guys..  I recently acquired a RME Raydat interface (works like a
>     *charm*, and I love it!), but ever since I installed it, I'm getting
>     a random error when I try to export my tracks, and it's driving me
>     bonkers.
>
>     Previously to installing the Raydat card, I had used ardour for
>     approximately 10 years, and have never experienced this problem.
>
>     The problem is about 75% of the time, when exporting, the GUI will
>     just sit there and do nothing, maintaining the "export" button
>     depressed continually.   Within QJackctl's "message" window, I see
>     the following error:
>
>     JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not run: state = 2
>
>     JackFreewheelDriver::Process: Process error
>
>     00:31:20.920 XRUN callback (1).
>
>
>     The remaining 25% of the time it exports just fine, without issue.
>
>
>     Needless to say, this is extremely frustrating.  Googling the
>     problem returns nothing but the snippet of code which contains the
>     error message itself, which can be found at the link below:
>
>
>     http://www.trac.jackaudio.org/browser/jack2/branches/pipelining/common/JackFreewheelDriver.cpp?rev=4306
>
>
>     Any help would be greatly appreciated.  If more info is needed,
>     please let me know what I can get you.
>
>
>     Also, thanks to everyone who assured me that the Raydat card works
>     well under Linux.  It really does work like a charm.
>
>
>     Regards,
>
>     --Jason
>
>     www.advancedbudgetstudios.com <http://www.advancedbudgetstudios.com>
>
>
>
> I've since found that this problem only occurs in Jack2.  Jack1 exports
> 100% of the time just fine, but I've found that Jack2 (aside from the
> export problem) works much better under high stress.  Most of my
> projects contain a high number of tracks / plugins / etc... Thus, high
> stress.  It'd be very nice to go back to Jack2, but not being able to
> export pretty much kills any usefulness from it.  Any ideas at all?
>
> Thanks in advance.


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