[LAU] jack + other audio

[Pablo Fernández]

El 26/02/14 09:21, Peter O'Doherty escribió:
> 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?
>
> Many thanks,
> Peter
>

As you mention vlc, note that many multimedia players feature a jack 
audio output plugin. In the case of vlc (and in debian-based distros at 
least) this doesn't work by default but you have to install a separate 
package, "vlc-plugin-jack" (and then enable jack in the audio preferences).