On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 23:47:14 -0500, Kevin Ernste <kevinernste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In any case, the other reason I chimed in was to thank you for your > > > work. The newest version of the JACK video is especially well done > > > and I think new users in particular will benefit. > > > > If your card doesn't support hardware mixing then just use dmix. What's > > the problem? > > The problem: > > 1. Played Chris's JACK video. "dmix" is my "pcm.!default" in asoundrc > and this works great, so mplayer does not block other ALSA/OSS audio. > Other ALSA/OSS apps can still access the device. > > 2. Now, when his video tutorial suggested I tried starting JACK to > follow along. It fails to connect for me whether I direct jackd to > use to my "default", hw:0, or to my named dmix pcm directly. > > One solution is to pre-connect the vdeo audio to JACK via a jackplug > or "jacklaunch", but if the video is already playing, no dice. > You can actually get jackd to work with dmix, you just have to use matching ALSA parameters (default or plug:dmix or something device, samplerate, buffersize etc) for jack and run in playback-only-mode cheers, Christian
