On Sat, 2013-02-23 at 20:19 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 01:09:28PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Johannes Kroll <jkroll@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't know if there's such a tool. But AFAIK jack would only block > > > the raw MIDI device when you use "-X raw" to use the raw MIDI driver in > > > jack. Do you need that driver? If you don't, you can use the "seq" > > > > > > > to reiterate: if timing matters to you, do NOT use -X raw or -X seq. > > > > use a2jmidid -e instead. > > Are there any technical reasons why whatever method a2jmidi > is using is not adopted for the backend ? Maybe it's just a > matter of manpower, but OTOH this situation with the backend > failing to do 'the right thing' has existed for quite some > time now. So I can repeat myself ;). a2jmidi + alsarawmidi for jack2 are a nice combination to get rid of hw MIDI jitter. Regards, Ralf OT PS: I didn't use audio with my new Arch install and while I wrote this mail I noticed ... [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# jackd --help [snip] Could not open component .so '/usr/lib/jack/jack_firewire.so': libffado.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Could not open component .so '/usr/lib/jack/jack_firewire.so': libffado.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory jack_get_descriptor : dll jack_firewire.so is not a driver Segmentation fault (core dumped) [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# pacman -Qi jack2 Name : jack2 Version : 1.9.9.5-1 URL : http://jackaudio.org/ Licenses : GPL Groups : None Provides : jack jackmp jackdmp jackdbus Depends On : libsamplerate celt Optional Deps : libffado: FireWire support dbus-core: jackdbus python2: jack_control Required By : None Conflicts With : jack Replaces : None Installed Size : 3132.00 KiB Packager : Rashif Rahman (Ray) <schiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Architecture : x86_64 Build Date : Mon 10 Dec 2012 10:10:29 PM CET Install Date : Tue 19 Feb 2013 06:17:18 AM CET Install Reason : Explicitly installed Install Script : No Description : The next-generation JACK with SMP support One issue fixed and the next appeared soon :D. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
