Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-21 Thread Brad Hards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:39 am, Warren Turkal wrote: Fred Heitkamp wrote: I was wondering. Was there ever an effort to make a network independent audio extension for X11? (forgive my terminology if it's wrong.) For example, if I am logged on

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-11 Thread Jim Gettys
An audio server need not be designed to add latency (beyond that of the network itself, of course). With current networks, this is very small, down to a few samples. Existence proof is the AF audio server we did 10 years ago, in which the server design itself did not enforce any latency: if data

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
There have been several attempts. The latest one, currently sponsored by X.org, is MAS - http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/ -Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems, Inc.- Sun Software Group User Experience Engineering: G11N: X Window

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Jim Gettys
The other promising work besides MAS is an audio server project called Jack. It is not clear it currently provides network transparency, but it does boast low latency (required for telephony, teleconferencing and gaming applications). The other issue is getting good synchronization with the X

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:41:23PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:09, Jim Gettys wrote: While the X server has had the XSync extension for a long time, the operating system hooks to allow X to synchronize with external events (e.g. vertical sync, sample clock of

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:55, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:41:23PM +0200, Michel Dnzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:09, Jim Gettys wrote: While the X server has had the XSync extension for a long time, the operating system hooks to allow X to synchronize with

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 06:05:42PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:55, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:41:23PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:09, Jim Gettys wrote: While the X server has had the XSync extension for a long

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 18:11, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 06:05:42PM +0200, Michel Dnzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:55, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:41:23PM +0200, Michel Dnzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:09, Jim Gettys wrote:

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Alan Hourihane
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 06:24:13PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 18:11, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 06:05:42PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 17:55, Alan Hourihane wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:41:23PM +0200, Michel Dänzer

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Warren Turkal
Fred Heitkamp wrote: I was wondering. Was there ever an effort to make a network independent audio extension for X11? (forgive my terminology if it's wrong.) For example, if I am logged on from a remote terminal and want to play an MP3 from the distant machine on the remote terminal, is

Re: Audio in X11

2003-09-10 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 11:09:54AM -0400, Jim Gettys wrote: The other promising work besides MAS is an audio server project called Jack. It is not clear it currently provides network transparency, but it does boast low latency (required for telephony, teleconferencing and gaming