[LAU] MIDI Port names in Jack

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 08:07:51AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
 
> yes, absolutely. the only reason that -X raw and -X seq have not been
> removed is that the code to replace them isn't ready. always use a2jmidid
> (with -e to pick up external h/w ports).

This made me have a look at the sources.

Up to ten minutes ago I was believing that a2jmidid used timestamps etc.
to reduce jitter, and that this made it preferable over Jack's -X.

But apparently it doesn't, all events in the same Jack period are
just bunched together. There's even a comment in the source code:

 /* -FIX- this should have the frame time of the event, instead of '0': */

So what is the advantage ?

Ciao,

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