On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:20:31 +0100 (CET) "Kjetil S. Matheussen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Michael Ost: > > > > Paul Davis wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael Ost <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> We are considering using PortAudio for Linux hardware support (and > >>> Windows/Mac as well). What's the word on the quality, reliability, > >>> ease-of-programming, latency and performance in Linux? > >> > >> it works. its development seems to be an issue. it will not fix any of > >> the issues that you'd otherwise have to tackle on linux. > > > > Can you say more about that last sentence? I'm not quite getting it. > > > >> however, i'm puzzled: you guys are already running on linux - what are > >> you using now, and why the switch? cross-platform? > > > > Yes, cross platform. I'm investigating Windows/MacOS support. We've got > > our own portability layer, but it's only really implemented for Linux. > > > > BTW - I looked at JACK, but a quick google scan suggests that its not > > quite ready for prime time in Windows. > > > > For what it's worth; Jack on Windows is used for providing sound > in two permanent art installations (http://www.intravisiongroup.com/). > > One of them has been running for over two years now. The machines > are rebooted each night, and the oldest one is still using a version of > jack for windows released in 2007. > > We've had no problem with jack for windows. > Seriously impressive. Site looks good too :) -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
