30 Aug
2010
30 Aug
'10
2:40 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Niels Mayer <nielsmayer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Finally reading the jackd manpage again (
http://linux.die.net/man/1/jackd ) I notice
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-H, --hwmon
Most people do not use this. It is entirely replaced by using a h/w
specific utility (such as hdspmixer or envy2ctl) to control signal
routing. The one benefit that it has is that it means that JACK
*applications* can control that kind of routing, which early in the
life of Ardour seemed kind of important. It no longer seems very
important.
If you're already using a h/w specific utility for this purpose, then
don't use -H.
PS: likewise what does the "-M, --hwmeter"
option do -- again I don't
see any difference between this being on or off. And how would it know
it doesn't really do anything. It was a placeholder for functionality
that has never been implemented because (a) so few cards implement it
and (b) the meter is basically useless for any app other than a h/w
specific utility app (which has other mechanisms available to get the
meter values).
--p