21 Dec
2002
21 Dec
'02
2:12 p.m.
Try creating a
shell script, eg /usr/local/bin/run-alsaplayer:
---- cut -----
#!
alsaplayer -o jack $* || alsaplayer $*
---- cut -----
then do:
# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/run-alsaplayer
Then set that as the association, it will try to run under jack,
then if that fails fall back to alsa.
OK, this is probably the right direction to go, but I'm having some
trouble.
1) Any audio file with spaces in the name is not handled correctly.
After clicking on file, and then looking at alsaplayer's playlist, I
see only the very end of the original name. If I rename the file for
no spaces it works with jack running. 2) It doesn't fall back to alsa if jack is not
running. I tried
changing the script to -o alsa, but that didn't work. Trying it from
the command line it complains about jack not running:
This feature of the script depends on alsaplayer exiting with a nonzero
"status" (aka "$?") if it is told to use jack and jackd isn't
running.
If this isn't happening, it could be considered a bug in alsaplayer (or
perhaps in jack if jack isn't returning an appropriate failure
indication to alsaplayer).
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