[64studio-devel] [64 Studio] #336: sound and vision menu items not functioning if jack stopped

[Free Ekanayaka]

Hi all,

|--==> Free Ekanayaka writes:

  FE> Hi,
|--==> 64 Studio writes:

  6S> #336: sound and vision menu items not functioning if jack stopped
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  6S> Reporter:  parkland99 at hotmail.com  |        Owner:  free 
  6S> Type:  enhancement             |       Status:  new  
  6S> Priority:  normal                  |    Milestone:  2.0  
  6S> Component:  packages                |      Version:  1.4.0
  6S> Severity:  normal                  |   Resolution:       
  6S> Keywords:                          |  
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  6S> Comment (by daniel at 64studio.com):

  6S> The problem with running Jack all the time is that apps like Ekiga and
  6S> Totem do not support it, so you'd have the same problem in reverse. I do
  6S> think a launch script that gives the user a warning dialogue box is a good
  6S> idea, as most of these apps will only warn about Jack not being there when
  6S> run on the command line.

  FE> Totem actually can now plays through jackd via the jack gstreamer
  FE> back-end, and according to my tests it doesn't perform that bad. You
  FE> may want to give it a try:

  FE> apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad

  FE> (yes "-bad" doesn't sound good, but that is still better than the
  FE> "-really-bad" package, which also exists :)

  FE> About Ekiga, which system is it actually using for playback? Maybe we
  FE> could find some workaround for it as well, and have jack supported by
  FE> all the applications which come with 64 Studio, and so let jack
  FE> running by the default, it could be a strong point of 64 Studio wrt
  FE> other audio distros.

As it works nicely here, I've included gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad in
the default package selection. Please let me know if actually makes
totem work with jack in your setup as well.

A part from ekiga do we have other non-jack-aware applications?

Ciao,

Free