On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:43:32 -0700
Scott <lau(a)troutpocket.org> wrote:
I'd really like to use Audacity through Jack.
Unfortunately it's
behavior complicates this. I can load up a file, but nothing shows up
in jack connections until I hit play. Then two PortAudio channels
appear! If I stop playback they disappear. The next time I press
play they appear again, but incremented by 2 and, of course, not
connected to my out channels. This was all covered in an old thread
here:
http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=552
The best solution I could find there was to use PatchBay. That kind
of works, except the two PortAudio output sockets created by Audacity
automatically connect to the first two input sockets on my system
which don't happen to be where the monitor cables plug in (they're in
10 and 11). Is there a way to specify which output plug routes to
which input plug via patchbay or is it stuck at the socket level with
no finer-grained control?
I think it may be possible to force it to do something else via
patchbay and some exclusive option but I'm not sure.
The portaudio behaviour is really annoying.
In a pinch, is there another mp3 capable audio player
that works with
jack without jumping through any more hoops than just starting the
app?
Lots. Mediaplayers like mplayer, xine, vlc, audioplayers like mpd,
aqualung, audacious, audio editors like rezound and others
-Scott
p.s. Using PortAudio v19, Audacity 1.3.5-beta
Regards,
Philipp