2 Jan
2005
2 Jan
'05
11:32 a.m.
I thought multitple instances of jackd recently became
doable. Am I wrong?
If you start jack_xmms, jack_alsaplayer, etc, then all
that's needed is the computer setup with audio
hardware at the server and going throughout the
building. This is just one control point for multiple
audio sources and a bunch of destinations. At this
point you put dumb terminals at the destinations.
The key to multiple sources is running more than one
jack server at a time. From that point it's all a no
brainer because any source can be routed to any
destination. This is a simple setup assuming multiple
jack servers. Oh, at the destination terminals is
displayed qjackctl which is an audio routing
interface.
I've never designed HiFi systems but have designed and
built a half dozen recording studios with sound
containment and accoustical treatment. This sounds
like a fun job.
ron
--- anahata <anahata(a)treewind.co.uk> wrote:
On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 09:13:28PM -0500, Steve
Vanechanos wrote:
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I'm wondering if the present state of the
Intel/AMD powered PC with
Linux is robust enough to control multiple
sources
(4, 6 or 8) like
digital cable box,
directv receiver, XM radio, CD player(s), etc. and
route the output to
multiple zones/rooms (4, 6 or 8) in an effective
and cost efficient manner.
[...]
Once again, my apologies if I've breached any
list/group protocol with
this post.
Not at all for me, anyway. I'd be interested to see
what's to be said
about this as I have been having similar thoughts -
an extension to the
house which will be used part time as a recording
studio will have CAT5
LAN cable going to it, and I also want to route
audio to/from the rest
of the house, and I'm wondering if there's a good
way of doing that
over the network instead of with separate cabling.
A major use of this would be to route the output of
a digital radio
receiver, and as that's available as S/PDIF the
all-digital route is
particularly tempting.
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