26 May
2010
26 May
'10
1:23 p.m.
Hi linux-audio peoples,
I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call it
'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools 'jack_lsp' and
'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but since it's command
line, no 'q'
!!!
get it here:
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a single
program.
2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack often
enough
3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line before, but
hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns you
don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed with the
lowest possible latency
5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is even
faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two numbers and
go!
It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on their
machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it, making sure
it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of current numbered jack
ports, and you can connect them by typing two numbers separated by a space.
You can disconnect them by typing 'd' then the two numbers separated by a
space. No hassles, and a nice feature is that it will protect you from
making ear-blasting feedback connections. It's even quicker than qjackctl,
b/c it takes more time to point your mouse at the ports in the GUI and then
click 'connect' than it does to type two single-digit numbers and then hit
return, yes?
Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature requests.
One potential TODO would be to make this script have a user-friendly way to
start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that manually....
Enjoy, comments welcome!
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
26 May
26 May
2:13 p.m.
On 05/26/2010 02:23 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
Hi linux-audio peoples,
I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call
it 'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools
'jack_lsp' and 'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but
since it's
command line, no 'q' !!!
get it here:
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a
single program.
2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack
often enough
3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line
before, but hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns
you don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed
with the lowest possible latency
5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is
even faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two
numbers and go!
It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on
their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it,
making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of
current numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two
numbers separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd'
then the two numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice
feature is that it will protect you from making ear-blasting feedback
connections. It's even quicker than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time
to point your mouse at the ports in the GUI and then click 'connect'
than it does to type two single-digit numbers and then hit return, yes?
Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature
requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a
user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that
manually....
Enjoy, comments welcome!
Quite cool, seems simple enough. However, my usb keyboard doesn't show
up, or anything else that normally shows up under the "alsa" tab in qjackctl
2:29 p.m.
Excerpts from alexander's message of 2010-05-26 14:08:18 +0200:
On 05/26/2010 02:23 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
I like the idea, but here it crashed immediately.
jack2 1.9.5 built with --profile
python 2.6.5
$ ./jackctl20100526.py
Welcome to jackctl.py! Enter the two numbers you want to connect,
separated by a space, then hit return. To see the list again, type 'l'.
To disconnect clients type 'd' and then the two clients separated by a space
Control-D will end the program
here's what's connected to jack so far:
0) Jack: JackClient::SetupDriverSync driver sem in flush mode
1) Jack: JackFifo::ConnectAux name = /dev/shm/jack_fifo.1000_default_lsp
2) Jack: Already connected name = lsp
3) Jack: Clock source : system clock via clock_gettime
4) Jack: JackLibClient::Open name = lsp refnum = 4
5) system:capture_1
6) system:capture_2
7) system:playback_1
9) aqualung:out_L
8) system:playback_2
10) aqualung:out_R
9) aqualung:out_L
7) system:playback_1
10) aqualung:out_R
8) system:playback_2
11) Jack: jack_client_close
12) Jack: JackClient::Close ref = 4
13) Jack: JackClient::Deactivate
14) Jack: JackSocketClientChannel::Stop
15) Jack: JackPosixThread::Kill
16) Jack: JackClientSocket::Close
16) Jack: JackClientSocket::Close
18) Jack: JackFifo::Disconnect /dev/shm/jack_fifo.1000_default_lsp
19) Jack: JackLibClient::~JackLibClient
20) Jack: JackShmReadWritePtr1::~JackShmReadWritePtr1 4
21) Jack: Succeeded in unlocking 120 byte memory area
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./jackctl20100526.py", line 27, in <module>
get_list()
File "./jackctl20100526.py", line 22, in get_list
print " %s) %s" % (listp.index(i.lstrip()), i.lstrip())
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
--
Regards,
Philipp
-----
"Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen
offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
Hi linux-audio peoples,
I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call
it 'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools
'jack_lsp' and 'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but
since it's
command line, no 'q' !!!
get it here:
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a
single program.
2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack
often enough
3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line
before, but hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns
you don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed
with the lowest possible latency
5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is
even faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two
numbers and go!
It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on
their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it,
making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of
current numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two
numbers separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd'
then the two numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice
feature is that it will protect you from making ear-blasting feedback
connections. It's even quicker than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time
to point your mouse at the ports in the GUI and then click 'connect'
than it does to type two single-digit numbers and then hit return, yes?
Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature
requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a
user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that
manually....
Enjoy, comments welcome!
Quite cool, seems simple enough. However, my usb keyboard doesn't show
up, or anything else that normally shows up under the "alsa" tab in qjackctl
2:51 p.m.
On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:29:03 +0200
Philipp Überbacher <hollunder(a)lavabit.com> wrote:
I like
the idea, but here it crashed immediately.
jack2 1.9.5 built with --profile
python 2.6.5
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./jackctl20100526.py", line 27, in <module>
get_list()
File "./jackctl20100526.py", line 22, in get_list
print " %s) %s" % (listp.index(i.lstrip()), i.lstrip())
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
Same here... python 2.6.2
4:50 p.m.
Hi Philipp,
What version of jack and jack_lsp are you using? I see that you are getting
what look like verbose messages, which is not how my version behaves. Did
you enable them by default in some kind of config file? I don't understand
why that's happening except that some newer or older version than what I
have is enabling verbose behavior by default.
My script depends on a clean output to predictably be summoned by a simple
call to 'jack_lsp -c'....what is the output of this command on your system?
On mine, I just get a list of ports and any connections, no extra messages.
I'm using jack 0.118.0. What's your version.
I *can* make a robust way of mining this output, but I would need to know
what different jack_lsp versions do!!! ARGH!
AKJ
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Philipp Überbacher
<hollunder(a)lavabit.com>wrote;wrote:
Excerpts from alexander's message of 2010-05-26
14:08:18 +0200:
qjackctl
I like the idea, but here it crashed
immediately.
jack2 1.9.5 built with --profile
python 2.6.5
$ ./jackctl20100526.py
Welcome to jackctl.py! Enter the two numbers you want to connect,
separated by a space, then hit return. To see the list again, type 'l'.
To disconnect clients type 'd' and then the two clients separated by a
space
Control-D will end the program
here's what's connected to jack so far:
0) Jack: JackClient::SetupDriverSync driver sem in flush mode
1) Jack: JackFifo::ConnectAux name = /dev/shm/jack_fifo.1000_default_lsp
2) Jack: Already connected name = lsp
3) Jack: Clock source : system clock via clock_gettime
4) Jack: JackLibClient::Open name = lsp refnum = 4
5) system:capture_1
6) system:capture_2
7) system:playback_1
9) aqualung:out_L
8) system:playback_2
10) aqualung:out_R
9) aqualung:out_L
7) system:playback_1
10) aqualung:out_R
8) system:playback_2
11) Jack: jack_client_close
12) Jack: JackClient::Close ref = 4
13) Jack: JackClient::Deactivate
14) Jack: JackSocketClientChannel::Stop
15) Jack: JackPosixThread::Kill
16) Jack: JackClientSocket::Close
16) Jack: JackClientSocket::Close
18) Jack: JackFifo::Disconnect /dev/shm/jack_fifo.1000_default_lsp
19) Jack: JackLibClient::~JackLibClient
20) Jack: JackShmReadWritePtr1::~JackShmReadWritePtr1 4
21) Jack: Succeeded in unlocking 120 byte memory area
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./jackctl20100526.py", line 27, in <module>
get_list()
File "./jackctl20100526.py", line 22, in get_list
print " %s) %s" % (listp.index(i.lstrip()), i.lstrip())
ValueError: list.index(x): x not in list
--
Regards,
Philipp
-----
"Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle
Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
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http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
On 05/26/2010 02:23 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson
wrote:
> Hi linux-audio peoples,
> I want to announce my new and fun and
useful python script -- I call
> it 'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools
> 'jack_lsp' and 'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' ,
but since it's
> command line, no 'q' !!!
> get it here:
> http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
> Why would I embark on writing such a
script? Who would want to use
this?
You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a
single program.
2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack
often enough
3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line
before, but hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns
you don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed
with the lowest possible latency
5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is
even faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two
numbers and go!
It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on
their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it,
making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of
current numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two
numbers separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd'
then the two numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice
feature is that it will protect you from making ear-blasting feedback
connections. It's even quicker than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time
to point your mouse at the ports in the GUI and then click 'connect'
than it does to type two single-digit numbers and then hit return, yes?
Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature
requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a
user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that
manually....
Enjoy, comments welcome!
Quite cool, seems simple enough. However, my usb keyboard doesn't show
up, or anything else that normally shows up under the "alsa" tab in
5:12 p.m.
Excerpts from Aaron Krister Johnson's message of 2010-05-26 16:50:22 +0200:
Hi Philipp,
What version of jack and jack_lsp are you using? I see that you are getting
what look like verbose messages, which is not how my version behaves. Did
you enable them by default in some kind of config file? I don't understand
why that's happening except that some newer or older version than what I
have is enabling verbose behavior by default.
My script depends on a clean output to predictably be summoned by a simple
call to 'jack_lsp -c'....what is the output of this command on your system?
On mine, I just get a list of ports and any connections, no extra messages.
I'm using jack 0.118.0. What's your version.
I *can* make a robust way of mining this output, but I would need to know
what different jack_lsp versions do!!! ARGH!
AKJ
This was jack2 1.9.5, compiled with --profile.
Now I'm using 0.118.0 and get this:
$ ./jackctl20100526.py
Welcome to jackctl.py! Enter the two numbers you want to connect,
separated by a space, then hit return. To see the list again, type 'l'.
To disconnect clients type 'd' and then the two clients separated by a
space
Control-D will end the program
here's what's connected to jack so far:
0) system:capture_1
1) system:capture_2
2) system:playback_1
3) system:playback_2
jackctl-->
Seems to work so far, so it might be due to jack 1.9.5
--
Regards,
Philipp
-----
"Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen
offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
5:22 p.m.
Hi Philipp,
Yes, it seems that the '--profile' compilation options may be the culprit.
Not a pressing issue, but one that I can eventually investigate and debug,
for that rare instance where someone has 'rolled their own' profiled
version.
AKJ
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Philipp Überbacher
<hollunder(a)lavabit.com>wrote;wrote:
Excerpts from Aaron Krister Johnson's message of
2010-05-26 16:50:22 +0200:
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
Hi Philipp,
What version of jack and jack_lsp are you using? I see that you are
getting
what look like verbose messages, which is not how
my version behaves. Did
you enable them by default in some kind of config file? I don't
understand
why that's happening except that some newer
or older version than what I
have is enabling verbose behavior by default.
My script depends on a clean output to predictably be summoned by a
simple
call to 'jack_lsp -c'....what is the
output of this command on your
system?
On mine, I just get a list of ports and any
connections, no extra
messages.
I'm using jack 0.118.0. What's your
version.
I *can* make a robust way of mining this output, but I would need to know
what different jack_lsp versions do!!! ARGH!
AKJ
This was jack2 1.9.5, compiled with --profile.
Now I'm using 0.118.0 and get this:
$ ./jackctl20100526.py
Welcome to jackctl.py! Enter the two numbers you want to connect,
separated by a space, then hit return. To see the list again, type 'l'.
To disconnect clients type 'd' and then the two clients separated by a
space
Control-D will end the program
here's what's connected to jack so far:
0) system:capture_1
1) system:capture_2
2) system:playback_1
3) system:playback_2
jackctl-->
Seems to work so far, so it might be due to jack 1.9.5
--
Regards,
Philipp
-----
"Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle
Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
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5:28 p.m.
On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:22:05 -0500
Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron(a)akjmusic.com> wrote:
Hi Aaron,
Hi Philipp,
Yes, it seems that the '--profile' compilation options may be the
culprit.
Not a pressing issue, but one that I can eventually investigate and
debug, for that rare instance where someone has 'rolled their own'
profiled version.
I tracked the problem down to the -v argument to jackd. Basically, any
spurious output from jack_lsp (generated by jackd) causes this error.
thanks,
David
4:52 p.m.
Alexander,
I will in near-future versions add alsa-MIDI port functionality. For now,
from the command line there's 'aconnect', which is extremely simple and
easy. My script would provide a front-end to that, perhaps making it even
easier.
AKJ
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:08 AM, alexander <axeldenstore(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 05/26/2010 02:23 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
Hi linux-audio peoples,
I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call it
'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools 'jack_lsp' and
'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but since it's command
line, no 'q'
!!!
get it here:
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a single
program.
2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack often
enough
3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line before,
but hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns you
don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed with the
lowest possible latency
5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is even
faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two numbers and
go!
It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on
their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it,
making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of current
numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two numbers
separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd' then the two
numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice feature is that it will
protect you from making ear-blasting feedback connections. It's even quicker
than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time to point your mouse at the ports in
the GUI and then click 'connect' than it does to type two single-digit
numbers and then hit return, yes?
Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature
requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a
user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that
manually....
Enjoy, comments welcome!
Quite cool, seems simple enough. However, my usb keyboard doesn't show
up, or
anything else that normally shows up under the "alsa" tab in qjackctl
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2:27 p.m.
New subject: [LAD] like "qjackctl", but trimmed of all fat
Hello Aaron!
I like the tool. But I'd have a few suggestions.
I supose you get a list of all possible ports before printing them. Could
you compare them to the LIENS variable (offered by the shell and things like
curses). If there are more ports 5trhen lines, could you please use a pager?
Could you write a help command? It could be short.
A quit command would be handsome too. Something like "quit" or "q".
Now I
used ctrl-D which worked, but doesn't look as fancy and sleek as the rest.
Then I of course second the opinion of including ALSA MIDI ports in the
list.
Does your tool have a list command, which will reprint the list? If not, tat
might be nice as well.
I know, this sounds like a lot and it is. And probably it was never your
intention to get that elaborate, but it would certainly be nice.
Kindest regards
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
http://www.juliencoder.de
4:58 p.m.
New subject: [LAD] like "qjackctl", but trimmed of all fat
Hi Julien,
These are good suggestions. I will eventually get front-end functionality to
'aconnect' (for MIDI connections) going...'q' for quit and 'h' for
help
would be easy enough. The pager idea if it goes beyond the available lines
should be easily doable as well.
FYI, 'l' is already there as a 'reprint list of ports' command!!!
I have some debugging to do as well---it appears at least 2 people have
verbose versions of 'jack_lsp' which is messing with my elegant parsing
scheme....
AKJ
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Julien Claassen <julien(a)c-lab.de> wrote:
Hello Aaron!
I like the tool. But I'd have a few suggestions.
I supose you get a list of all possible ports before printing them. Could
you compare them to the LIENS variable (offered by the shell and things like
curses). If there are more ports 5trhen lines, could you please use a pager?
Could you write a help command? It could be short.
A quit command would be handsome too. Something like "quit" or "q".
Now I
used ctrl-D which worked, but doesn't look as fancy and sleek as the rest.
Then I of course second the opinion of including ALSA MIDI ports in the
list.
Does your tool have a list command, which will reprint the list? If not,
tat might be nice as well.
I know, this sounds like a lot and it is. And probably it was never your
intention to get that elaborate, but it would certainly be nice.
Kindest regards
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
http://www.juliencoder.de
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
28 May
28 May
6:16 p.m.
Hi all,
Thanks for your many comments on my 'jackctl' python script of a couple of
days ago. I have a new version:
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100528.py
New features include:
* paging the reported connections list when lines go beyond 22
* a 'MIDI' mode (hit 'm') to get you to access alsa-MIDI connections via
'aconnect'
* a help menu to show the few simple commands
I have not figured out how jack MIDI works---and I never use it (I don't
really see the point when there's ALSA MIDI, frankly, but maybe someone
knows better). I'm willing to add Jack-MIDI access as a feature, but someone
has to tell me how I can connect it and test it from the command line using
jackd (right now, 'jackd .... -X alsa' didn't work for me)
There are bound to be additional bugs that I cannot forsee due to differing
setups--I appreciate your testing and comments, and I hope you find this new
tool a viable, if minimal, alternative to QJackctl...
I recommend you use jack compiled without any additional verbosity. I
haven't yet put in an architecture that will handle spurious messages from
the various CL tools in the jack package.
AKJ
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Aaron Krister Johnson
<aaron(a)akjmusic.com>wrote;wrote:
Hi linux-audio peoples,
I want to announce my new and fun and useful python script -- I call it
'jackctl' -- it basically is a frontend to the jack tools 'jack_lsp' and
'jack_connect'. It's like 'qjackctl' , but since it's command
line, no 'q'
!!!
get it here:
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100526.py
Why would I embark on writing such a script? Who would want to use this?
You'll want to try this if one or any of the the following apply:
1) You don't want to have to install the entire QT toolkit for a single
program.
2) If you like the command line, use a console, but still use jack often
enough
3) You've used jack and 'jack_connect' through the command line before, but
hated having to type the full name of the jack ports.
4) You've noticed that 'qjackctl' introduces CPU overhead and xruns you
don't have when you use command-line jack, i.e. you are obsessed with the
lowest possible latency
5) You want a fast, simple interface to connect jack ports that is even
faster than a GUI---no need to point the mouse, just type two numbers and
go!
It's very simple. All you need is Python (and who doesn't have that on
their machine). You put the script in your PATH, or link it/rename it,
making sure it's exectuable. When you run it, you'll see a list of current
numbered jack ports, and you can connect them by typing two numbers
separated by a space. You can disconnect them by typing 'd' then the two
numbers separated by a space. No hassles, and a nice feature is that it will
protect you from making ear-blasting feedback connections. It's even quicker
than qjackctl, b/c it takes more time to point your mouse at the ports in
the GUI and then click 'connect' than it does to type two single-digit
numbers and then hit return, yes?
Let me know how you like it...I'm interested in reasonable feature
requests. One potential TODO would be to make this script have a
user-friendly way to start the jack daemon, but for now, I do that
manually....
Enjoy, comments welcome!
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
6:21 p.m.
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson
<aaron(a)akjmusic.com>wrote;wrote:
I have not figured out how jack MIDI works---and I never use it (I don't
really see the point when there's ALSA MIDI, frankly, but maybe someone
knows better). I'm willing to add Jack-MIDI access as a feature, but someone
has to tell me how I can connect it and test it from the command line using
jackd (right now, 'jackd .... -X alsa' didn't work for me)
jackd .... -d alsa .... -X seq
the "point" is that it works just like audio, and provides sample-accurate
MIDI delivery with very, very little overhead.
10:18 p.m.
Paul-
Thanks for the tip. I must have done some stupid mistake before, b/c I
didn't see the ports with 'jack_lsp', but now I do. Now that I have this
software, I'm actually going to use jack for MIDI from now on...not only is
the interface more elegant, you've convinced me of the technical virtues as
well.....
BTW, once it has all the features you'd want, perhaps you could distribute
my python script with each jack release? It is a convenient front-end to he
CL tools already there....some folks might like an alternative to a big GUI
with loads of dependencies, esp. those in a console environment, or those
who don't use KDE or many other QT-based programs.
Thanks again!
AKJ
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com>wrote;wrote:
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Aaron Krister Johnson <
aaron(a)akjmusic.com> wrote:
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
I have not figured out how jack MIDI works---and I never use it (I don't
really see the point when there's ALSA MIDI, frankly, but maybe someone
knows better). I'm willing to add Jack-MIDI access as a feature, but someone
has to tell me how I can connect it and test it from the command line using
jackd (right now, 'jackd .... -X alsa' didn't work for me)
jackd .... -d alsa .... -X seq
the "point" is that it works just like audio, and provides sample-accurate
MIDI delivery with very, very little overhead.
10:25 p.m.
New subject: [LAD] like "qjackctl", but trimmed of all fat
Hi Aaron!
Thanks for this tool. I'm sure, as you continue to develop this, it will
become one of my favourites. There are a few feature pleas I would have, but
let them rest for the moment.
This is a really helpful tool, especially since I CAN't use qjackctl.
Warmly yours
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
http://www.juliencoder.de
6:30 p.m.
Hello aaron!
I've just downloaded the new version and it looks fine. But "f"? :-)
Really...
Paul told you about the merits of JACKMIDI and how to start it.
About the ports themselves, they're simply included in the jack_lsp listing.
To seperate the listing of JACKMIDI ports from the audio ports, you have to
use the -P feature, to the best of my knowledge and pass the type, or as I
suggested earlier, use the -t option to only list ports of type audio or midi.
I guess you could list the jack ports with the alsa ports.
One thing, I'd be happy to see in a future version: If you could reformat
the output of the MIDI list, to be consistent with that of the audio list:
0) System timer
1) Announce
2) virmidi 1
...
It would be nice for not only the eye, but the finger as well. :-)
Eye-candied regards
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
http://www.juliencoder.de
10:14 p.m.
HI Julien, all--
I'm uploading a new version. I've implemented jack-midi and alsa-midi port
modes. One simply toggles with the 'm' input to switch between them.
http://www.akjmusic.com/software/jackctl20100528b.py
I still haven't implemented index numbers in alsa mode. Maybe in the future.
:) For now, one can simply use the alsa reference numbers e.g. '20:0 128:0'
or simple '20 128' which it also accepts.
Onward and upward!!!
AKJ
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Julien Claassen <julien(a)c-lab.de> wrote:
Hello aaron!
I've just downloaded the new version and it looks fine. But "f"? :-)
Really...
Paul told you about the merits of JACKMIDI and how to start it.
About the ports themselves, they're simply included in the jack_lsp
listing.
To seperate the listing of JACKMIDI ports from the audio ports, you have
to use the -P feature, to the best of my knowledge and pass the type, or as
I suggested earlier, use the -t option to only list ports of type audio or
midi. I guess you could list the jack ports with the alsa ports.
One thing, I'd be happy to see in a future version: If you could reformat
the output of the MIDI list, to be consistent with that of the audio list:
0) System timer
1) Announce
2) virmidi 1
...
It would be nice for not only the eye, but the finger as well. :-)
Eye-candied regards
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
http://www.juliencoder.de
--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org
29 May
29 May
12:23 p.m.
Hello Aaron and Jack-Team!
There seems to be a bug in my jack_lsp. I just started a2jmidid and
j2amidi_bridge. when I do a jack_lsp I get all the ports.
When I do: jack_lsp -t midi I only get one port from jack_midi_clock, but
none of the other ones.
When I type: jack_lsp -t, I can't see a difference between the
jack_midi_clock port and the others:
jack_lsp -t
[...]
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-0 [16] (capture): VirMIDI 0-0
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-0 [16] (playback): VirMIDI 0-0
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-1 [17] (capture): VirMIDI 0-1
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-1 [17] (playback): VirMIDI 0-1
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-2 [18] (capture): VirMIDI 0-2
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-2 [18] (playback): VirMIDI 0-2
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-3 [19] (capture): VirMIDI 0-3
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-3 [19] (playback): VirMIDI 0-3
8 bit raw midi
a2j:M Audio Delta 1010LT [20] (capture): M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI
8 bit raw midi
a2j:M Audio Delta 1010LT [20] (playback): M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI
8 bit raw midi
j2a_bridge:playback
8 bit raw midi
a2j:j2a_bridge [129] (capture): capture
8 bit raw midi
Jack MIDI Clock:midi_out
8 bit raw midi
Or is the argument "midi" only seen as the start of a port_name?
If so, Aaron, you must rewrite this part of jackctl (I guess you do what I
described, because I get exactly your output). You should rewrite it using:
jack_lsp -t
And then parse the type info underneath each name. I think a simple grabbing
for "audio" or "midi" will do. But I guess, that in the long run,
using the
python module for jack, will be more efficient and easy to use.
Kindly yours
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
http://www.juliencoder.de
2 p.m.
New subject: [LAD] like "qjackctl", but trimmed of all fat
Hi Julien, Hey Aaron,
read 'jack_lsp --help'.
'-t' does not take any arguments; it just makes jack_lsp print the type.
the filter-string only acts on the port-name (BTW, not only the
beginning of the port-name; but it's case-sensitive: strstr() )
Anyway I can reproduce the problem, some jack-midi ports show up in the
audio-tab of jackctl20100528b.py.
jackctl20100528b checks for lowercase 'midi' in the port-name instead of
looking up the port-type. So a2jmidi for example with an upper-case M
"Midi.." ends up in the audio-panel.
Your suggestion to parse the output of 'jack_lsp -t -c' is spot on.
the (currently 2) possible return values are (indented by tab):
#define JACK_DEFAULT_AUDIO_TYPE "32 bit float mono audio"
#define JACK_DEFAULT_MIDI_TYPE "8 bit raw midi"
..or as you suggest using the python-module for JACK may also simplify
things and make jackctl easier to maintain.
Cheers!
robin
PS. Oh, and which of qjackctl's features makes it 'fat'? it's not
bloated in any way. I'd rather put it the other way 'round and say that
jackctl is 'slim'. Sorry could not resist.
On 05/29/2010 12:23 PM, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hello Aaron and Jack-Team!
There seems to be a bug in my jack_lsp. I just started a2jmidid and
j2amidi_bridge. when I do a jack_lsp I get all the ports.
When I do: jack_lsp -t midi I only get one port from jack_midi_clock,
but none of the other ones.
When I type: jack_lsp -t, I can't see a difference between the
jack_midi_clock port and the others:
jack_lsp -t
[...]
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-0 [16] (capture): VirMIDI 0-0
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-0 [16] (playback): VirMIDI 0-0
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-1 [17] (capture): VirMIDI 0-1
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-1 [17] (playback): VirMIDI 0-1
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-2 [18] (capture): VirMIDI 0-2
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-2 [18] (playback): VirMIDI 0-2
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-3 [19] (capture): VirMIDI 0-3
8 bit raw midi
a2j:Virtual Raw MIDI 0-3 [19] (playback): VirMIDI 0-3
8 bit raw midi
a2j:M Audio Delta 1010LT [20] (capture): M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI
8 bit raw midi
a2j:M Audio Delta 1010LT [20] (playback): M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI
8 bit raw midi
j2a_bridge:playback
8 bit raw midi
a2j:j2a_bridge [129] (capture): capture
8 bit raw midi
Jack MIDI Clock:midi_out
8 bit raw midi
Or is the argument "midi" only seen as the start of a port_name?
If so, Aaron, you must rewrite this part of jackctl (I guess you do
what I described, because I get exactly your output). You should rewrite
it using:
jack_lsp -t
And then parse the type info underneath each name. I think a simple
grabbing for "audio" or "midi" will do. But I guess, that in the
long
run, using the python module for jack, will be more efficient and easy
to use.
Kindly yours
Julien
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