> I ended up recompiling an old version of xmms from source under Debian > to get the real-time support I wanted, then compiled plugins from source > as I needed them, using the checkinstall utility to create .deb files. > > Since this is the alsa-user list, does anyone know of current media > players that use ALSA that support real-time priority? I want to play > files of all audio formats, MIDI and streaming media without skipping on > older hardware (-:. > > Arthur.
For jackd it wasn't so much of the media players that needed realtime priority. Modifying /etc/security/limits.conf gave me realtime priority at the user level. Just three new entries in that file: @audio - rtprio 99 @audio - nice -10 @audio - memlock 65536 And no need for other repositories since I compiled from source. It was just one package of 2,000+ installed packages. Although there are others like audacity compiled with --port-audio=v19. Timidity with sequencer support and jackd. And various other annoyances. I've pretty much run on highly stripped, custom kernels since I was able to successfully create one. So recompiling from source is a no brainer. And a lot less annoying on todays faster cpus. HTH, - James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
