Not sure Pipewire is needed for using multiple interfaces. My employer uses VMware's Horizon Client. I have two audio devices - a USB headset and a separate Behringer USB card. Connected to work, I can use the headset at the same time that mplayer is playing media through the Behringer. On November 4, 2021 7:55:57 AM HST, nik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hmm ok ... seems like I should really give PipeWire a try. I had heard about > it but the last time I checked it was still in fairly early development. > > Thanks for all the good hints ! > > Best, > N > > > Brandon Hale wrote on 02.11.2021 18:48 (GMT +01:00): > > > You can do that right now (alsa_in/out or zita-ajbridge) but it will > > > move you into the realm of clocks drift. It might not matter that much > > > depending on your use case but you said "sampling rate when I'm doing > > > pro audio work". It might not be that pro audio anymore. I have not > > > tested pipewire but I can't imagine that pipewire and multiple cards > > > would be any better in that respect. > > There's more to pipewire than that. It's a different audio model, so I > > would say it probably does work better to use multiple interfaces. It's > > worked better for me in pipewire than with alsa_in/out at least. I've > > tried alsa_in/out, but it is a delicate process. > > > > There are more benefits than the one I gave (like unified video > > support), but that was the one feature that really blew me away. > > > > On 11/1/21 05:14, Bengt Gördén wrote: > > > On 2021-11-01 01:44, Brandon Hale wrote: > > >> However, being able to use multiple sound cards at the same time is > > >> probably going to eventually bring me over to using pipewire > > > > > > You can do that right now (alsa_in/out or zita-ajbridge) but it will > > > move you into the realm of clocks drift. It might not matter that much > > > depending on your use case but you said "sampling rate when I'm doing > > > pro audio work". It might not be that pro audio anymore. I have not > > > tested pipewire but I can't imagine that pipewire and multiple cards > > > would be any better in that respect. > > > > > > For solution with multiple cards have a look at: > > > https://jackaudio.org/faq/multiple_devices.html > > > > > > And a discussion: > > > > > https://discourse.ardour.org/t/using-two-different-soundcards-with-ardour/105727 > > > > > > > > > > > > I tested the alsa_in/alsa_out solution a few years ago out of sheer > > > curiosity and it worked, but I would not trust it for an important > > > live recording. --- David W. Jones gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
