On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:58:50 -0700 (PDT) Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, David Kastrup wrote: > > [...] > [...] > [...] > [...] > [...] > > I have been using PA and Jack bridged for about 4 years now. My > script has changed during that time, not for problems but to make it > more generic. I use jackd as the audio device for pulse. That is I > remove the alsa and udev modules from pulse (after starting). This > ensures that jack is always the default i/o and as a side benefit > allows jack to freewheel with no problems and gives better xrun > immunity. I do not use the jackdbus-detect module, but rather use > jacksink or jacksource modules as needed to ensure separate stereo > pairs rather 4 channels being used as suround... I always set the > pulse modules _not_ to auto connect, prefering to have jack_connect, > jack_disconnect or jack-plumbing do that job to the port I want > connected (system_1/2 are not always right). > > I use this for all desktop audio, all the time and have found this to > be a robust solution. I have also set up a systray button that drops > the PA-jack bridge for times I wish to use a lower latency than pa > does well (or some of the pa clients like skype that don't handle low > latency at all) > > There is very little manual anything after configuration. Both jack > and pulse are started automatically at session start and run till > session end. The point of jack in the first place is to allow routing > changes on the fly in a manual way, auto connect just gets in the way > of that except for reconnecting things when restarting a jack client > to where they were before it stopped. > > I use zita-ajbridge if I must have more than one audio device. The > truth about this is that I use more than one audio device just to > make sure that it works and so that I can help other people get their > USB mic working. I have only one audio interface worth using for > anything where quality matters: my delta 66 a semi-pro audio > interface that is long obsolete. I have also found that I don't use > more than 2 channels at a time anyway so even 6 i/o has been overkill > for me. > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net Thanks for that comprehensive writeup Len. It sounds as if it requires quite a bit of configuration surrounding PA, something I hope to avoid. I really only need it because some programs talk to it directly and with the default setup programs using ALSA talk to it as well. If I have to mess with its configuration at least I now know which things to look for, so thanks for that. Regards, Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
