[LAU] pipewire update, was Re: Need MIDI keyboard for Zoom Class

[Lorenzo Sutton]

On 24/09/20 14:57, Chris Caudle wrote:
> On Wed, September 23, 2020 6:24 pm, Chris Caudle wrote:
>> Pipewire is intended to replace jackd, not work with jackd.
> 
> Recent article on the current state of pipewire:
> https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2020/09/04/pipewire-late-summer-update-2020/
> 

Definitely an interesting development in the Linux Audio (Video) ecosystem.

I'm curious about something: how low latency (JACK) applications and 
non-low-latency (Pulseaudio) applications like browsers will be able to 
"co-exist".

Meaning, if I now use a pulseaudio sink to jack because, for example, I 
want to pipe jack stuff to / from the browser or a 'consumer' messaging 
app I need to keep frames / buffer (and therefore latency) relatively 
higher, which is acceptable for this use case. On the other hand, 
especially if recording (e.g. into Ardour but also if using MIDI which 
uses softsynths in, say, Rosegarden), I try to push latency down.

How does / will this work with pilewire?

Lorenzo.