[Klug-general] Linux Audio

[Peter Childs]

Well I am intrested for one.

Part of the issue is there is a lot of difference between a pro audio app
and someone who wants to just listen, record and stream a lot of noise.

Regards

Peter
On Jan 12, 2012 5:31 PM, "James Morris" <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 January 2012 17:06, Peter Childs <PChilds at bcs.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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?
>
> I tried to explain this before the last time Linux Audio was slagged
> off on this list as being a mess. JACK is for pro-audio users. Within
> the IT industry, Pro-audio users are a minority, within Linux, they're
> an even smaller minority.
>
> > Thats without the large number of apps that use PortAudio/OSS/NAS ,,,,,
>
> It's called choice.
>
> >
> > Plus the shear lack of good language bindings..... and upto date
> > documentation....
>
> C++ seems to be the language of choice for linux audio applications,
> with a small minority using C.
>
> I'm not trying to evangelize about how great Jack is, I just offered
> to do a talk. If no one's interested I won't bother.
>
> James.
>
> >
> > Peter.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> James.
> >>
> >> > Peter.
> >> >
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