On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 18:44, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 07:02:40PM +0300, Marius Andreiana wrote: > > What about including a good sound server and use it by default? I don't > > know what's best, but Jack seems ok. > > http://jackit.sourceforge.net/ > > 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. > > MAS seems to be the project the X world like. Not currently sure how > they compare. I'd note btw low-latency is only of the considerations, > synchronization either via Xtest or another means is also important > (a 2 second latency on my movie stream does not matter providing I can > synchronize video and audio) > The low-latency part is primarily useful for responsiveness wrt. to for instance MIDI messages from a keyboard and a soft synth's response (if there's much more than say a 10ms latency from the time I press a key on my MIDI keyboard to the time when I hear the sound, that is actually quite noticeable - believe it or not). So when talking about low latencies in JACK we're talking about millisecond latencies on specialized audio hardware. This kind of low-latency is not very interesting really unless you're a musician. In any case, I think I'd agree with you that MAS looks like a better choice. JACK is more or less a specialized solution for pro audio work. -- Tarjei
