polypaudio -> esound

[bobmitch]

Jeff Waugh Wrote: 
> <quote who="bobmitch">
> 
> > bobmitch Wrote: 
> > > Jack is an astonishingly powerful and flexible tool, but is
> probably
> > > more suited to musicians than as a desktop audio api/daemon
> > 
> > I should note that Jack itself sits on top of ALSA anyway - the only
> real
> > reason for writing a Jack-aware app would be if you were intending
> the
> > audio to be piped between arbitrary jack-aware applications. 
> 
> (It *can* "sit on top of ALSA" as an ALSA plugin, but this is not the
> most
> optimal way of using jack. However, that method does have merit in that
> all
> other non-jack-aware apps can use exactly the same system. We did look
> into
> this as an option, unfortunately the ALSA/JACK plugin is quite
> immature.)
> 
> - Jeff
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Did you ever approach Paul Davis (author of Jack and Ardour) with a
view to whipping Jack into shape for your needs?

I have had to speak to the guy on several occasions when doing
viability studies on using linux in my studio - and found him extremely
helpful and straight-talking.


-- 
bobmitch