28 Mar
2019
28 Mar
'19
7:35 a.m.
I have a desktop computer and Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
I want Raspberry Pi to control my speakers and share my speakers with my
desktop over a direct ethernet connection.
USB microphone is going to be connected to Raspberry Pi and be shared with
the desktop computer over the ethernet connection, too.
Can netjack1/2 over a direct ethernet connection substitute for local ALSA
audio?
Will video and audio synchronize if netjack was used over a direct ethernet
connection?
28 Mar
28 Mar
9:06 a.m.
On 2019-03-27 22:35, crocket wrote:
I have a desktop computer and Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
I want Raspberry Pi to control my speakers and share my speakers with
my desktop over a direct ethernet connection.
Netjack can do that yes. Or zita-njbridge.
USB microphone is going to be connected to Raspberry Pi and be shared
with the desktop computer over the ethernet connection, too.
Jack can not use two devices. speakers (via some kind of on board audio
device I assume) and the usb mic will not be in sync and so clicks and
pops would be assured. Some kind of sample rate conversion would be
needed. zita-ajbridge or alsa-in would work for that.
Can netjack1/2 over a direct ethernet connection
substitute for local
ALSA audio?
No, not really. Many applications can talk to jack directly but many do
not... but then there are more and more that do not talk to alsa either.
Most linux desktop audio is not alsa (surprise) but pulse. Bridging
pulse to jack will allow desktop audio to feed jack directly. Pulse does
present an alsa port for things that do not know about pulse.
Will video and audio synchronize if netjack was used
over a direct
ethernet connection?
No, but that is not a given with almost anything anyway. Your TV may
have video and audio in sync, but that sync will change just by moving
your chair closer or farther away. Audio can lag video by quite a lot
without being noticeable. Leading, not so much. Some video players (like
VLC) have a control to move the timing of the audio with respect to the
video. in this case, just changing the buffer size in jack will add more
delay. I think what you really want to know is if there will be a
noticeable difference between when the person on screen moves their lips
and their voice happens
However, without knowing what your expectations are and what your use
is, it is hard to know what to suggest. Pulse also has a plugin that
allows audio over ethernet and that may be all you need and simpler to
install. A usb mic is not a serious recording device though maybe ok for
podcast types of things. I won't say you can't use it for music as great
recordings have been made with sm57 mics after using them as hammers
too... but live recordings are more about being there than quality
sound. crowd noise etc. covers a lot.
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Len Ovens
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9:47 a.m.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM Len <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
Jack can not use two devices. speakers (via some kind
of on board audio
device I assume) and the usb mic will not be in sync and so clicks and
pops would be assured. Some kind of sample rate conversion would be
needed. zita-ajbridge or alsa-in would work for that.
Can I not just run two jack servers on Raspberry Pi?
No, not really. Many applications can talk to jack
directly but many do
not... but then there are more and more that do not talk to alsa either.
Most linux desktop audio is not alsa (surprise) but pulse. Bridging
pulse to jack will allow desktop audio to feed jack directly. Pulse does
present an alsa port for things that do not know about pulse.
My Gentoo Linux desktop doesn't have pulseaudio. It only has ALSA at this
moment. I do not want pulseaudio.
On Gentoo Linux, everything can be compiled against ALSA.
Even, firefox is compiled against ALSA on my gentoo system.
In the same way, if an application uses jack API, I can make it use jack by
compiling them against jack.
I can make firefox use jack by compiling it against ALSA and jack.
No, but that is not a given with almost anything
anyway. Your TV may
have video and audio in sync, but that sync will change just by moving
your chair closer or farther away. Audio can lag video by quite a lot
without being noticeable. Leading, not so much. Some video players (like
VLC) have a control to move the timing of the audio with respect to the
video. in this case, just changing the buffer size in jack will add more
delay. I think what you really want to know is if there will be a
noticeable difference between when the person on screen moves their lips
and their voice happens
I want the voices to not lag too much behind the lips.
However, without knowing what your expectations are
and what your use
is, it is hard to know what to suggest. Pulse also has a plugin that
allows audio over ethernet and that may be all you need and simpler to
install. A usb mic is not a serious recording device though maybe ok for
podcast types of things. I won't say you can't use it for music as great
recordings have been made with sm57 mics after using them as hammers
too... but live recordings are more about being there than quality
sound. crowd noise etc. covers a lot.
I just want Raspberry Pi and my desktop to share my speakers. Raspberry Pi
will serve as a morning alarm, and I need to watch videos on my desktop
computer.
I use a USB microphone for foreign language practice and audio calls.
I can technically buy a USB hub that supports per-port power switching to
have my USB microphone turned off most of the time.
But, since Raspberry Pi 3 B+ supports per-port power switching, I wanted to
know whether I could use Raspberry Pi as a network USB hub or a network USB
microphone.
5:45 p.m.
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, crocket wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM Len
<len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
Jack can not use two devices. speakers (via some kind of on board
audio
device I assume) and the usb mic will not be in sync and so clicks
and
pops would be assured. Some kind of sample rate conversion would be
needed. zita-ajbridge or alsa-in would work for that.
Can I not just run two jack servers on Raspberry Pi?
How would that help you? As soon as you want to use the mic and your
speakers with the same application you will have under and over runs
between one and the other. The only way around that is to use SRC which
can be provided by either zita-ajbridge or alsa-in/out (the second comes
with jack, but the first is better and may now be a part of jackd1). Do
note that using netjack with the device on the Pi means that the internal
audio on your desktop can't be used at the same time for the same reason.
The backend for the jack server on your desktop is the jack server on the
Pi so any audio device on your desktop would also have to be added via an
SRC client such as zita-ajbridge or alsa_in/out. This means you desktop
relies on your Pi for a solid sync... if you are usng your desktop audio
for anything important that requires solid sync, I would use the local
device as backend and use zita-njbridge to join the two jack servers on
the two machines.
My Gentoo Linux desktop doesn't have pulseaudio.
It only has ALSA at this moment.
I do not want pulseaudio.
No problem (no skype either, but you may not need it) Lots of people use a
jack to alsa bridge
I want the voices to not lag too much behind the
lips.
I just want Raspberry Pi and my desktop to share my speakers. Raspberry Pi will
serve as a morning alarm, and I need to watch videos on my desktop computer.
I use a USB microphone for foreign language practice and audio calls.
That is what pulse (and the up and coming... maybe, Pipewire) is made for,
but lots of people do not want to use it, Jack with alsa will get you
there too. Latency shouldn't be a problem for that use, even with jack
running 1024/2, though 128/2 should still be stable abd much better.
I can technically buy a USB hub that supports per-port
power switching to have my
USB microphone turned off most of the time.
But, since Raspberry Pi 3 B+ supports per-port power switching, I wanted to know
whether I could use Raspberry Pi as a network USB hub or a network USB
microphone.
Not sure I know what you mean by that... if any of my guesses are right,
the answer is I don't know.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
29 Mar
29 Mar
1:17 a.m.
It seems I should just save headaches and use only ALSA for local audio
devices.
This means I am going to use a pair of good speakers for my desktop
computer and a pair of cheap speakers for Raspberry Pi.
Raspberry Pi will be responsible for turning on and off speakers via relays.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:46 AM Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, crocket wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM Len
<len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
Jack can not use two devices. speakers (via some kind of on board
audio
device I assume) and the usb mic will not be in sync and so clicks
and
pops would be assured. Some kind of sample rate conversion would be
needed. zita-ajbridge or alsa-in would work for that.
Can I not just run two jack servers on Raspberry Pi?
How would that help you? As soon as you want to use the mic and your
speakers with the same application you will have under and over runs
between one and the other. The only way around that is to use SRC which
can be provided by either zita-ajbridge or alsa-in/out (the second comes
with jack, but the first is better and may now be a part of jackd1). Do
note that using netjack with the device on the Pi means that the internal
audio on your desktop can't be used at the same time for the same reason.
The backend for the jack server on your desktop is the jack server on the
Pi so any audio device on your desktop would also have to be added via an
SRC client such as zita-ajbridge or alsa_in/out. This means you desktop
relies on your Pi for a solid sync... if you are usng your desktop audio
for anything important that requires solid sync, I would use the local
device as backend and use zita-njbridge to join the two jack servers on
the two machines.
My Gentoo Linux desktop doesn't have
pulseaudio. It only has ALSA at
this moment.
I do not want pulseaudio.
No problem (no skype either, but you may not need it) Lots of people use a
jack to alsa bridge
I want the voices to not lag too much behind the
lips.
I just want Raspberry Pi and my desktop to share my speakers. Raspberry
Pi will
serve as a morning alarm, and I need to watch
videos on my desktop
computer.
I use a USB microphone for foreign language
practice and audio calls.
That is what pulse (and the up and coming... maybe, Pipewire) is made for,
but lots of people do not want to use it, Jack with alsa will get you
there too. Latency shouldn't be a problem for that use, even with jack
running 1024/2, though 128/2 should still be stable abd much better.
I can technically buy a USB hub that supports
per-port power switching
to have my
USB microphone turned off most of the time.
But, since Raspberry Pi 3 B+ supports per-port power switching, I wanted
to know
whether I could use Raspberry Pi as a network USB
hub or a network USB
microphone.
Not sure I know what you mean by that... if any of my guesses are right,
the answer is I don't know.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
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1:35 a.m.
Although I may not use jack servers, I want to address a few concerns.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:46 AM Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
This means you desktop
relies on your Pi for a solid sync... if you are usng your desktop audio
for anything important that requires solid sync, I would use the local
device as backend and use zita-njbridge to join the two jack servers on
the two machines.
I don't know what you mean by solid sync. According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AptX#aptX_Low_Latency
40ms latency seems to be the threshold beyond which humans detect
synchronization issues when they watch videos.
No problem (no skype either, but you may not need it)
Lots of people use a
jack to alsa bridge
The new skype client can use either ALSA, JACK, or pulseaudio.
30 Mar
30 Mar
9:34 a.m.
I made a mistake. skypeforlinux supports only ALSA on Gentoo Linux.
On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 10:08 AM Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)linuxaudio.org>
wrote:
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 08:34:55AM +0900, crocket
wrote:
The new skype client can use either ALSA, JACK,
or pulseaudio.
Do you have any reference or link that could confirm that
skype can now use Jack ? I found nothing at all.
Ciao,
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29 Mar
29 Mar
2:43 a.m.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:46 AM Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
if you are usng your desktop audio
for anything important that requires solid sync, I would use the local
device as backend and use zita-njbridge to join the two jack servers on
the two machines.
I decided to not give up just yet. I just understood zita-njbridge and
zita-ajbridge.
1. Is a video call going to have synchronization issues if my desktop
connects to speakers and a USB microphone on Raspberry Pi over a direct
ethernet connection?
2. Am I going to notice synchronization issues when I watch youtube videos
on my desktop?
28 Mar
28 Mar
9:55 a.m.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM Len <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
Your TV may have video and audio in sync, but that
sync will change just
by moving
your chair closer or farther away. Audio can lag video by quite a lot
without being noticeable. Leading, not so much. Some video players (like
VLC) have a control to move the timing of the audio with respect to the
video. in this case, just changing the buffer size in jack will add more
delay. I think what you really want to know is if there will be a
noticeable difference between when the person on screen moves their lips
and their voice happens
According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CBri3W_X8
netjack1 incurs 8ms latency over a direct ethernet connection.
8ms latency is quite good. I'm not going to notice 8ms latency when I watch
videos.
A direct ethernet connection directly connects my desktop computer and
Raspberry Pi.
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