Adding Xwax to the Audio Meta?

[Luke Yelavich]

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