From owner-freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Fri Oct 27 09:39:22 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D361EE3E66D for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from sonic310-12.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic310-12.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [77.238.177.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F39182885 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:39:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) X-YMail-OSG: DTcgVWYVM1kSmi1.TxHCnJhR3RzZ12qtfMqMj6ER.MPlWhDk3M5IbY4TANAac6O 7ToF6pMb5SBO04ULWsium8Z0OpZU.Yau497p_jOZxeE5UobFkhoPxnDbdn0KunZ1IFcOyVKGgB8m aowj173xLnuA35wHtOVVYgzodzufLfmNp8Eh4a0ZfFh6KQh02D3HuopydvH81oR32waGFQ9tSLng tJOh4Lr_0b9w_je1lx_30NO9.yfHYFY8e50ZaMfaLcktY0CvGIfhAjOnB0ltVccShPuFQX29w_Q8 BKOjNkLELRrdbZzpYG6n.R8DNx8vcUeMiOqoAU_oWF2o4vKgrjtwbGzdPSgoYvA24A1TYirtWAXJ R1FubeTzvo8zanV0Xo2Jp5AOY365Tt3BEhaQDFnhSa2c6xDacDnqqD.GXLAUOjUbWP4TrJ_LX1nG 8.Nkl2xAWVTBnTAiupMtk3Ms6R84lTir14U1YROf7Q1i6PNXSVqGWkcbRsajtFF.ylBBT.3PokPy SD99.1LpYRpb4ij3Kn9SKHNolTiQ6pfXmgZ29mw-- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic310.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:39:19 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp104.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Oct 2017 09:39:14 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 761991.76008.bm@smtp104.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: DTcgVWYVM1kSmi1.TxHCnJhR3RzZ12qtfMqMj6ER.MPlWhD k3M5IbY4TANAac6O7ToF6pMb5SBO04ULWsium8Z0OpZU.Yau497p_jOZxeE5 UobFkhoPxnDbdn0KunZ1IFcOyVKGgB8maowj173xLnuA35wHtOVVYgzodzuf LfmNp8Eh4a0ZfFh6KQh02D3HuopydvH81oR32waGFQ9tSLngtJOh4Lr_0b9w _je1lx_30NO9.yfHYFY8e50ZaMfaLcktY0CvGIfhAjOnB0ltVccShPuFQX29 w_Q8BKOjNkLELRrdbZzpYG6n.R8DNx8vcUeMiOqoAU_oWF2o4vKgrjtwbGzd PSgoYvA24A1TYirtWAXJR1FubeTzvo8zanV0Xo2Jp5AOY365Tt3BEhaQDFnh Sa2c6xDacDnqqD.GXLAUOjUbWP4TrJ_LX1nG8.Nkl2xAWVTBnTAiupMtk3Ms 6R84lTir14U1YROf7Q1i6PNXSVqGWkcbRsajtFF.ylBBT.3PokPySD99.1Lp YRpb4ij3Kn9SKHNolTiQ6pfXmgZ29mw-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:39:14 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: blubee blubeeme Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD multimedia Message-ID: <20171027113914.32de5705@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <20171027074622.2e3d7d4b@archlinux.localdomain> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0git132 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:39:22 -0000 Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:10:12 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: blubee blubeeme Subject: Re: FreeBSD multimedia On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:01:58 +0800, blubee blubeeme wrote: >I guess the question is; can there be something like Jack but for Alsa >or better yet OSS, since that's whats native on FreeBSD. Jack is a sound server using a backend such as ALSA or OSS. Apart from connecting audio streams from one app to another, or to itself, it also allows to connect several audio streams to the audio hardware. To connect multiple audio streams to the hardware, at least ALSA provides the dmix plugin, so for this you not necessarily need Jack when using Linux, assuming the app doesn't need Jack, because it's supporting ALSA. I still don't understand about what issue you are talking. Jack doesn't resample, you might consider this an issue. Jack is aimed to use clients in optimised sync and with lowest possible latency, which actually is an advantage. Yes, there could be something like Jack, another sound server using the ALSA or OSS (or any other) backend. You "only" need to write a sound server and to rewrite all applications to support your new sound server. I don't like to watch videos, regarding the text it seems to be related to consumer audio devices. Consider to at least use pro-sumer devices, if you won't pay for professional hardware. At least Linux works very good with non expensive class compliant pro-sumer audio devices, assuming you don't need the audio devices' internal mixers and/or effects. I never used kxstudio, but if you like it, I suspect that installing another desktop environment or replacing KDE by just a window manager is more promising, than what you have got in mind.