From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 03:14:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD1916A4CF for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 03:14:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from meitner.wh.uni-dortmund.de (meitner.wh.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.129.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9903743D54 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 03:14:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (pc2-105.intern.meitner [10.3.12.105]) by meitner.wh.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92B38167650; Tue, 11 May 2004 12:14:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.8.4] (kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4BAE0e0009742 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 11 May 2004 12:14:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) From: Michael Nottebrock To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:13:54 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <200405110728.i4B7SbJ30682@server1.web-mania.com> In-Reply-To: <200405110728.i4B7SbJ30682@server1.web-mania.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_mdKoAbUoNs4axp9"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200405111213.59151.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Subject: Re: A rant about digital audio on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:14:03 -0000 --Boundary-02=_mdKoAbUoNs4axp9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 11 May 2004 09:28, Edd wrote: > Hi, > > I am researching using FreeBSD as a DAW, but it seems I am somewhat > limited to inferior application due to the fact that FreeBSD cannot > implement JACK. Although a port does exist, it is marked as knackered. According to the BROKEN entry, Jack does not compile on FreeBSD 5.x-Release= s,=20 but works on FreeBSD 4.x and FreeBSD-CURRENT (and will probably work on a=20 future 5.3-Release). > Just wondered if anyone is working on porting JACK to > FreeBSD (currently) before I take this route. Quite frankly, we actually do need people which want to use hypothetical po= rts=20 of audio software and thus have the skills and motivation to create and=20 maintain them. Repeated wishing and ranting on mailing lists doesn't improv= e=20 things much, as you've noted yourself. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --Boundary-02=_mdKoAbUoNs4axp9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAoKdmXhc68WspdLARAvV+AKCIHF/HdTy9719RUl71DuxHM8A3iACdFjra n0TTiYrRd7cjbsW+NKmTD/Y= =qcRQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_mdKoAbUoNs4axp9--