[LAU] Linux audio on Intel NUC

[Guillaume Pellerin]

Hi,

As a sysadmin of several headless audio/video recording and streaming NUC
servers working 24/7, I can say those machines are very stable.
I use them with a custom RT kernel and jackd as a sound server daemon driving
some various external USB pro sound cards (M-Audio, Focusrite, Lexicon, etc..)
and USB webcams.

The only pb I have is when micro power losses appear sometimes, but this is out
of topic.

Guillaume

Le 21/12/2016 à 13:31, Iain Mott a écrit :
> Thanks a lot Bengan, sounds very promising. I'll be running it headless,
> although will need a screen to configure each device. Will check out your link.
> All the best, Iain
> 
> Em 21/12/2016 09:08, Bengt Gördén escreveu:
>> Den 2016-12-21 kl. 10:48, skrev Iain Mott:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>> Hi Lain,
>>
>>
>>> I'm researching a project that requires a light-weight computer and
>>> I'm considering using something like an Intel NUC NUC5i7RYH with a low
>>> cost stereo audio interface such as a Behringer UCA222.
>>>
>>> Will there be any issues running linux audio on NUCs such as this one?
>> Can't say that you're not going to run into issues but from my testing
>> with 2 NUCs they are fully comparable with a laptop (they're built with
>> laptop technology) as a computer. I'm running openSUSE Tumbleweed/Leap
>> now days on them and there is no issues. However. I would do a little
>> more research about the graphics driver. I've got some issues in the
>> past, but not now with Tumbleweed or Leap. Here's a link and the
>> discussion for the graphic chip for NUC5i7RYH.
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/intel-iris-graphics-6100-driver-4175576581
>>
>>
>> Here's my two NUCs. Both have been tested with kxstudio just for the fun
>> of it. I used a cheap USB-card for the sound at that point. It worked
>> but I wouldn't do any serious audio with that one.
>> NUC5i5RYB (Media player for my TV running openSUSE Tumbleweed)
>> D54250WYK (small home server running openSUSE Leap 4.2)
>>
>> Another thing I would check is if you gonna use a USB sound card, is the
>> interrupts. I recently purchased a Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK. It's my
>> first "real" USB sound device. It was definitely not just to put it in
>> and run it. I had to switch USB input so that It could be used with a
>> low latency kernel and to get rid of all the XRUNs. Now I run it with
>> 23ms. Not as fine and dandy as my old trusty ice1712 but it's ok.
>>
>> regards,
>>
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