[linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help for a levelmeter]

[Conrad Parker]

Hi Paul,

it might save you some hassles if you changed the intro to jack's web
pages, which currently read:

    JACK is a low-latency audio server, written primarily for the
    GNU/Linux operating system. It can connect a number of different
    applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share
    audio between themselves.

that, by itself, sounds to the average user an awful lot like a general
purpose audio server. Perhaps what you wrote in the email below, comparing
JACK to ASIO, would be more appropriate.

Conrad.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 09:27:16PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> >So why, having studied the docs, am I completely stumped with jack?  It 
> >refuses to play.  I don't consider any solution based on a piece of software 
> >_I_ can't operate suitable for general use.
> 
> JACK *isn't* intended for general use, and i get tired of suggestions
> that it should be. there are lots of people working on solutions for
> "general use". JACK is intended for people who are serious about
> audio. in particular, although it might work with crappy consumer
> audio interfaces, its not intended to do so. if you can't run JACK at
> all, you basically have a box that wouldn't run an ASIO device driver
> under windows or macos. there's not much we can do about that except
> to point you at kernel adjustments (like hdparm) and ask that you
> check other mailing lists to see if your audio interface, video
> interface, etc. are known to be horrible in some respect.
> 
> JACK is not yet finished, and it has some definite usability issues
> that need to be resolved. but it is not, and i hope will never be
> (primarily) a general purpose sound server.
> 
> alternatively, there might be a bug in JACK. perhaps you can help us
> find it.
> 
> --p