11 Dec
2005
11 Dec
'05
1:50 p.m.
Hi all,
I have a quick question...
I'd like to automate the start-up of all the programs which are needed
to play my collection of music. The aim is to make it easier for other
users of my machine (who aren't so familiar with Linux).
At the moment, I've written a simple bash script which starts qjackctl,
xmms and konqueror pointing at the folder with my music in.
This works fine, but the user still has to click 'Start' on qjackctl.
Can I automate this somehow?
I know that I can start jack straight from the script, but sometimes I
like having the GUI.
Thanks
Michael
11 Dec
11 Dec
2:15 p.m.
On 11/12/05, Michael T D Nelson <m_nels(a)gmx.net> wrote:
At the moment, I've written a simple bash script
which starts qjackctl,
xmms and konqueror pointing at the folder with my music in.
This works fine, but the user still has to click
'Start' on qjackctl.
Can I automate this somehow?
I know that I can start jack straight from the script,
but sometimes I
like having the GUI.
If jackd is already running when qjackctl starts, there's no need to
press qjackctl's start button (qjackctl will notice jackd is running
and behave accordingly..)
Alternatively, there's a "start JACK audio server on application
startup" option in qjackctl's options dialog, under the "misc" tab.
Haven't tried that personally, but don't see why it shouldn't work...
- Pete
2:39 p.m.
Pete Leigh wrote:
If jackd is already running when qjackctl starts,
there's no need to
press qjackctl's start button (qjackctl will notice jackd is running
and behave accordingly..)
Alternatively, there's a "start JACK audio server on application
startup" option in qjackctl's options dialog, under the "misc" tab.
Haven't tried that personally, but don't see why it shouldn't work...
Thanks very much. Both options sound just right.
Someone complained the other day when she wanted to play music on my
machine, and I told her how to start qjackctl, xmms and open konqueror
(because the xmms "open file" window is a bit dated, and I thought she'd
prefer the look of konqueror).
She said that it was easier in Windows. So I just felt the need to
demonstrate how cool the alternatives are.
Thanks
Michael
6:53 p.m.
> Alternatively, there's a "start JACK
audio server on application
> startup" option in qjackctl's options dialog, under the "misc"
tab.
> Haven't tried that personally, but don't see why it shouldn't work...
i could never get this going properly. i mean it almost worked, but it
generally either failed to kill jackd on quit, or killed jackd when i
didnt want it to, or failed to notice a jackd was already running when
it was launched so it launched another one. regardless of the checkbox
es it had a mind of its own.
in other words, you should check out jack.ctl from rohan drape's
sw-[0-9]{2} collection. it can even launch other apps right after
jack, like jack.plumbing, or xmms, or whatever...
Someone complained the other day when she wanted to
play music on my
machine, and I told her how to start qjackctl, xmms and open konqueror
(because the xmms "open file" window is a bit dated, and I thought she'd
prefer the look of konqueror).
show her amarok (since you already have KDE, it should be fairly quick
to setup). its better than foobar2000 and at least as good as
iTunes...xmms...what year is this?
She said that it was easier in Windows. So I just felt
the need to
demonstrate how cool the alternatives are.
cheers
8:12 p.m.
On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 22:53 +0000, c wrote:
It has always worked perfectly for me. I have that box and the "Enable
system tray icon" box checked (and qjackctl saved in my KDE session), so
when I start KDE I have a small plug icon sitting in the system tray
from which I can get to the connection window, and jackd is started and
ready to go.
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>
Alternatively, there's a "start JACK audio server on application
> startup" option in qjackctl's options dialog, under the "misc"
tab.
> Haven't tried that personally, but don't see why it shouldn't work...
i could never get this going properly. i mean it almost worked, but it
generally either failed to kill jackd on quit, or killed jackd when i
didnt want it to, or failed to notice a jackd was already running when
it was launched so it launched another one. regardless of the checkbox
es it had a mind of its own. 
8:23 p.m.
It has always worked perfectly for me. I have that box
and the
"Enable system tray icon" box checked (and qjackctl saved in my KDE
session), so when I start KDE I have a small plug icon sitting in the
system tray from which I can get to the connection window, and jackd
is started and ready to go.
same for me. Added qjackctl to the KDE autostart folder (I personally
dislike seesion management) and it works very well this way (except the
USB audio card isn't available ;-) .
Best regards
ce
12 Dec
12 Dec
5:11 a.m.
It has always worked perfectly for me. I have
that box and the
"Enable system tray icon" box checked (and qjackctl saved in my KDE
session), so when I start KDE I have a small plug icon sitting in the
system tray from which I can get to the connection window, and jackd
is started and ready to go.
same for me. Added qjackctl to the KDE autostart folder (I personally
dislike seesion management) and it works very well this way (except the
USB audio card isn't available ;-) .
6:56 a.m.
Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
There's yet another option: start your
jack-enabled application as a
qjackctl command line argument, `qjackctl <your-app>`. This way, qjackctl
will show up and start jackd automagically before launching <your-app> in
turn. If jackd is found already running, it will just launch <your-app>
and exit graciously.
Thanks everyone for your replies!
I'm very grateful to everyone who has contributed - this software makes
my computer more useful than it was, and I find more things which I can
do every day.
Anyway, about Amarok - I was intending to give it a go some time soon.
I've been putting that off until I've finished putting my Athlon machine
back together with a faster CPU, more RAM and all of my media files.
This other machine is a P3 700, which I am using as a multi-purpose
machine until then, so it can be a little heavily loaded.
Also, she's used to Winamp in Windows - so XMMS seems a logical step for
now...
Thanks again,
Michael Nelson
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