Thanks for this info,it got me further with Jack than I ever have gotten before! Do you have any tips on how to route jack sound to an hdmi output? (The outp u t works with raw alsa)

On January 23, 2015 12:33:21 PM EST, Joel Roth <joelz@???> wrote:
>Steve Litt wrote:
>> Guys, in the past I've tried to get Jack running about four or five
>> times, and never succeeded. This included the sound studio version of
>> Ubuntu. I'm sure that Jack is perfect for the dedicated sound
>> enthusiast, but for the average guy, Jack just might be the only
>thing
>> that could cause more failure than Pulse. Jack is very, very
>> complicated.
>
>Steve,
>
>I think you confuse your bad luck in getting started with
>Jack being complicated.
>
>If you have ALSA working, and Pulse Audio is not running,
>it is very simple to get sound from Jack.
>
>1) start jackd
>2) test play some sound, e.g. ecasound -i test.wav -o jack,system
>
>Having JACK serve transparently as the back end with ALSA or
>Pulse Audio virtual devices available for client programs
>*is* more complicated.
>
>Jack is most useful in music production, when you want to
>connect multiple audio applications together.
>
>I don't run it for routine listening, but you can, if your
>applications support it or you use some compatibility layer
>over it.
>
>Will be happy to help you, if you need it. Just post to
>the appropriate list. Linux Audio User is the best.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Joel
>
>
>> SteveT
>>

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