[Klug-general] Linux Audio

[Peter Childs]

On 12 January 2012 14:40, James Morris <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 January 2012 12:54, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a better clue than me on Audio Under Linux.
> >
> > I ideally want to be able to record/sample, then stream and analyse the
> > sound.
> >
> > I think GStreamer should be the right weapon but it seams over complex if
> > you want to do anything more than write a simple client using the
> > filters/plugins already available.
> >
> > There seams to be so many Audio Libraries around, that I just keep
> drawing
> > blanks.
> >
> > If something is better than GStreamer then I'll use that, People excel
> the
> > virtues of Jack but I've never got that working......
>
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I've mentioned before about doing a talk on Jack, and I'm still
> interested in doing that - just it kinda got a little forgotten about.
>
> Have to say I don't know anything about Gstreamer or Pulse so no
> mention by me of them (except to disable Pulse if you're trying to use
> Jack).
>
> > Does anyone know enough to be able to do a talk maybe?
>
> With Jack I can show you recording and analysis. I don't have
> experience with streaming or really know much about it. Can you
> explain more about this part of what you want to do? It sounds like a
> 3 stage process - record, stream, analyse - rather than an
> simultaneous in-line process.
>
> With Jack you can simultaneously record and analyse. What Jack has
> that others don't is flexibility and routing between applications.
>
> I can also give some basic guidance on setting up a system for use with
> Jack.
>
> It wouldn't be a long talk, nor would it be a jam session, nor would a
> 20K rig be required ;-)
>
>
If Jack is so great why is it that all the main disros built with
GStreaner/Pulse/Alsa stack?

Thats without the large number of apps that use PortAudio/OSS/NAS ,,,,,

Plus the shear lack of good language bindings..... and upto date
documentation....

Peter.


>
> Cheers,
> James.
>
> > Peter.
> >
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