On Sat, 13 May 2017, Bearcat Şándor wrote:

> With regards to Moshe Werner's post on the Motu 1248 working on Linux, it seems
> that AVB (AES67) works on Linux as well.  This is a dream come frue for me.

AVB is not AES67 (as someone already pointed out). I don't know everything
about either one... but the first thing about both is that they are a
collection of standards many of which we already have. The second thing is
that to make good use of AVB requires the right ethernet card as well. It
is possible to use AVB to transfer between two linux computers (jack to
jack) but requires manual setup to get it going. I don't know how well
setting up AVB end device to linux is supported. It is possible to use
Linux to connect two AVB boxes. (that is control connections that do not
go through the linux box) There is a commandline utility for that.

There is nothing from AVB to alsa at this time I am aware of.

The AVB port on the MOTU AVB series is useful in linux for controlling the
internal routing and for expanding what the Linux box can see through the
USB port.

Most network audio in Linux (and windows and MacOS for that matter) is
done by getting a "Sound card" that looks to the OS like an ordinary audio
interface, but connects to network audio boxes. MacOS does have direct to
AVB built in in some models but there are limits.

--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net

Thanks folks. I was aware that avb is not AES67, but i meant that more like inclusion.   I just discovered that the card that i'm looking at states that "in-kernel drivers will be released", which gives me hope that i won't have to keep gatherig modules for old kernel versions,