[LAD] Re: Pipewire

On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 03:51:28PM -0400, Marc Lavallée wrote: (IMHO) Someone who is paid for his/her work, the purpose and sometimes the methods of which is/are defined by someone else rather than chosen by him/herself. A professional will have extensive domain-specific knowledge, may have to work to accepted 'industry standards' and will face monetary and/or reputational consequences when he/she fails. In the audio context this could be a sound engineer, or a scientist or technician using audio equipment and software as an essential part of his/her work, or someone very familiar with this type of work and developing the tools used for it. Professionals tend to use tools that are reliable and predictable. The latter means that the tool does exactly what it is told to and nothing else. And that is the reason why I wouldn't consider PW fit for professional use, unless it can be configured once and for all to not have a mind of its own. When I'm recording a live performance, or my output goes to a 50 kW PA system or a broadcast network, I do not want the system to be 'smart' and reconfigure things just because something new is plugged in, or because some app thinks it is so important that it needs to produce some noise to get my attention [1]. Or anything similar. [1] As actually happened many years ago when some stupid Gnome CD burner app damaged two very expensive speakers by sending a 0 dB jingle to a system set up to produce 85 dB SPL at -18 dB working level. Since then I've banned all 'desktop' audio, and anything that autoconnects to Jack's system:* ports. Ciao, -- FA