On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 06:09:07AM EST, Eric Hedekar wrote: > Hey Developers, > > I was just curious if you thought adding Xwax http://www.xwax.co.uk to the > audio meta packages was a good idea. It just recently got put into Karmic's > repositories (is uploading as I type). > My arguments for: > - Very stable DJ tool > - Lightweight (about 30KB) so adding it to the metas will almost go > unnoticed by those who don't need it > - Is Jack aware > My thoughts why not: > - Mixxx does the same thing and is already in the metas though mixxx is > not jack aware ( Bug #360590 ) and is quite often unstable on people systems > (not performance ready) due partly to it's large size and feature set. > > Essentially, xwax is a sharper knife for DJs that want to use timecoded > vinyl. It's jack aware, stable, and fast. Mixxx does this job too, but > until jack is in main it's relegated to poor audio performance and can get > quite clunky for the end user.
Since mixxx uses portaudio for output, I don't think it would perform much better even with portaudi obuilt against jack. However, I think both tools will suit different people, and gives people 2 tools to try out before they decide. Since xwax is so small, I say we go for it. Luke -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
