6 Jun
2010
6 Jun
'10
11:47 p.m.
On 06/06/2010 10:16 PM, fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:12:45PM +0100, Rui Nuno
Capela wrote:
yep. i'm first to reckon qjackctl was not made/designed for the
multi-jack-server scenario and the previously suggested hack are, yes,
just a hack.
but, as to let any of those client apps connect to the right jack server
(-n), you probably need to lauch them in the right context, ah, unless i
miss the point so badly, that means a precise JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER
contextual (aka shell) setting anyhow
:/
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
On 06/06/2010 09:43 PM, fons(a)kokkinizita.net
wrote:
I know. Either that or for qjackctl, -n. But both require
the choice to be made when the app (in casu qjackctl) is
launched, while everything else, including the soundcard
to be used, can be selected later or as part of a preset.
Both JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER or -n also integrate badly with
desktop menus or icons used to start a qjackctl instance.
If the soundcard used is part of a preset, the server
should be as well. Just give it a sensible default, so
'almost all' users will never have to modify it.
Qjackctl has the -n option to select a Jack
server name,
and recent versions also allow multiple presets.
What would it take to make the server name a element of
a preset rather than a command line option ?
That would finally allow to run multiple jacks on the
same machine (something I've been doing quite a lot
recently) without having to start each qjackctl with
a different command line option (e.g. from a desktop
menu).
And maybe the four start/stop scripts should also be
'per preset'.
While we're here: almost no apps support selecting a
specific Jack server. I've been adding this to some
of my own just because I needed it.
Using -n for this can be problematic if the toolset
used doesn't allow context-sensitive options: -n is
also used as a parameter for an ALSA interface, and
some apps support both Jack and ALSA.
JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER environment variable might be your (only) friend here :)