26 Dec
2005
26 Dec
'05
12:33 p.m.
On 12/20/05, Paul Winkler <pw_lists(a)slinkp.com> wrote:
So far I've only played with Jamin by feeding it
with Alsaplayer.
Today I tried for the first time to use it on real work.
I have 3 songs I've exported from ardour (0.99) in float 44.1kHz wav files.
These files seem to be OK - I can load them into Audacity,
play them with sox, etc. But my first thought - re-import the
mixes into a new Ardour session, put them in sequence, and hook it up to
Jack - failed with the problem I describe here:
http://ardour.org/mantis/view.php?id=1167
So, I thought, I'll just play them with alsaplayer -o jack. I have
alsaplayer version 0.99.76. But when I do, alsaplayer loads the files
without complaint (well, mostly; there's some messages like "short_mask
= 0x6" on stdout...) ... the UI indicates that it's playing, and it says
"sndfile supported format" -- but the output is silent! Could it be a
problem with routing or mixer controls? Nope, I can hear any other file
I load, but not these mixes. Weird.
alsaplayer -o jack works reliably for me, I use it all the time.
I generally add the "-d transport/noconnect" option, then use qjackctl
(or the jamin Ports menu) to connect the output ports to jamin. That
way you can start and stop (but not reposition) alsaplayer using JACK
transport commands.
Is alsaplayer able to play your file without JACK? Can it play other
files through JACK?
--
joq