Ok it looks like I randomly selected jack and not jack2 on arch, so that probably explains why it Just Works. Next time I'll try jack1 on debian too. Thx for the help all. On 10/05/2015 07:40 AM, Paul Davis wrote: > Actually, this is still wrong (as was my comment). JACK1 adds no > latency, and a very small amount of overhead. JACK2 run in its default > mode adds latency, and a very small amount of overhead. JACK2 run in > sync mode discards almost every benefit of using JACK2, adds no > latency and a very small amount of overhead. > > I tend to forget this difference between JACK1 and JACK2. > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 10/05/2015 01:25 AM, Ben Burdette wrote: >>> I've heard from someone else who seemed to know things that jack does >>> add latency, but I haven't measured it myself... I'd be interested to >>> read about this lack of latency. But latency aside jack can be a >>> monumental hassle, don't get me started. >> JACK does not add latency. It does add some overhead, Jack2 some more >> than Jack1, and especially on small ARM dev boards like the bananapi. >> This overhead could get in the way of achieving the lowest latency >> possible compared to using plain ALSA. So if you're using an ARM board >> to output sound from a single application you might be better off using >> plain ALSA. >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user