[LAU] jitsi via jackd

[Peter P.]

* david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> [2020-04-09 03:35]:
> On 4/8/20 3:20 PM, Peter P. wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > I am happily using Jitsi for various tasks since a few weeks and would
> > like to run its application image
> > https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/
> > over jackd.
> > Does anyone have an idea how I could best do this, also avoiding pulse
> > audio? So far it seems that the only way is to use the alsa jack pcm
> > plugin https://jackaudio.org/faq/routing_alsa.html
> > or use alsa loopback device and jack alsa_in/alsa_out clients
> > https://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge
> > 
> > thanks for all ideas!
> > Peter
> 
> Hmm, I tried it using their free website connection via Firefox. My headset
> worked fine with the browser and jitsi. I have PulseAudio set to use
> jack-sink, that's the only way I can get sound out of Firefox.
You might want to look into the apulse wrapper as well.
 
> I haven't tried the app image - I've had no luck running application images
> on my system. I've installed their native Linux client but haven't tried it
> yet.
It turns out a few minutes ago that they just introduced a fatal bug for
their AppImage https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/issues/244
which might affect you as well.

Anyone having ideas about having chromium use jackd then besides the
above?

cheers, P