On 06/06/2010 10:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:12:45PM +0100, Rui Nuno Capela wrote: > >> On 06/06/2010 09:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Qjackctl has the -n option to select a Jack server name, >>> and recent versions also allow multiple presets. >>> >>> What would it take to make the server name a element of >>> a preset rather than a command line option ? >>> >>> That would finally allow to run multiple jacks on the >>> same machine (something I've been doing quite a lot >>> recently) without having to start each qjackctl with >>> a different command line option (e.g. from a desktop >>> menu). >>> >>> And maybe the four start/stop scripts should also be >>> 'per preset'. >>> >>> While we're here: almost no apps support selecting a >>> specific Jack server. I've been adding this to some >>> of my own just because I needed it. >>> Using -n for this can be problematic if the toolset >>> used doesn't allow context-sensitive options: -n is >>> also used as a parameter for an ALSA interface, and >>> some apps support both Jack and ALSA. >>> >> >> JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER environment variable might be your (only) friend here :) > > I know. Either that or for qjackctl, -n. But both require > the choice to be made when the app (in casu qjackctl) is > launched, while everything else, including the soundcard > to be used, can be selected later or as part of a preset. > Both JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER or -n also integrate badly with > desktop menus or icons used to start a qjackctl instance. > > If the soundcard used is part of a preset, the server > should be as well. Just give it a sensible default, so > 'almost all' users will never have to modify it. >
yep. i'm first to reckon qjackctl was not made/designed for the multi-jack-server scenario and the previously suggested hack are, yes, just a hack. but, as to let any of those client apps connect to the right jack server (-n), you probably need to lauch them in the right context, ah, unless i miss the point so badly, that means a precise JACK_DEFAULT_SERVER contextual (aka shell) setting anyhow :/ -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela [email protected] _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
