Re: PortAudio and Audacity+jack

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On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:43:32 -0700
Scott <lau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd really like to use Audacity through Jack.  Unfortunately it's
> behavior complicates this.  I can load up a file, but nothing shows up
> in jack connections until I hit play.  Then two PortAudio channels
> appear!  If I stop playback they disappear.  The next time I press
> play they appear again, but incremented by 2 and, of course, not
> connected to my out channels.  This was all covered in an old thread
> here:
> 
> http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=552
> 
> The best solution I could find there was to use PatchBay.  That kind
> of works, except the two PortAudio output sockets created by Audacity
> automatically connect to the first two input sockets on my system
> which don't happen to be where the monitor cables plug in (they're in
> 10 and 11).  Is there a way to specify which output plug routes to
> which input plug via patchbay or is it stuck at the socket level with
> no finer-grained control?

I think it may be possible to force it to do something else via
patchbay and some exclusive option but I'm not sure.
The portaudio behaviour is really annoying.

 
> In a pinch, is there another mp3 capable audio player that works with
> jack without jumping through any more hoops than just starting the
> app?

Lots. Mediaplayers like mplayer, xine, vlc, audioplayers like mpd,
aqualung, audacious, audio editors like rezound and others


> -Scott
> 
> p.s. Using PortAudio v19, Audacity 1.3.5-beta


Regards,
Philipp
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