[LAU] jack + other audio

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Wed, February 26, 2014 7:21 pm, Peter O'Doherty wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I'm know this has been asked a thousand times already but could someone
> please point me in the direction of instructions to enable non-jack
> applications (like vlc) to work concurrently with jack? The well-known
> situation is that jack "hogs" audio and makes other applications
> unusable. How to get around this?
>


There are three options:

1: use pulse audio with jack-sink - easy

2: use the jack-alsa plugin for alsa - not so easy

3: get a second audio device just for normal playback - $$$ (also pretty
easy)







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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd