>>
>> Message: 13
>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:21:22 -0800
>> From: "Len Ovens"
>> To: "Bearcat M. ????ndor"
>> Cc:
linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
>> Subject: Re: [LAU] Jack users - how many channels do you want with PA
>> module-jackdbus-detect?
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>> On Tue, February 26, 2013 10:50 am, Bearcat M. ????ndor wrote:
>>> I assume that the channels can be anything we want and don't have to be
>>> based on ITU standards? I'm planning on playing with ambisonics
>>> sometime
>>> soon.
>>
>> Jack remains as is with whatever number of channels your audio interface
>> has. Pulse by default now will create the same number of channels as
>> well.
>> For a 10 channel card this is over doing things. Most uses of bridging
>> pulse to jack only require 2 channels (or even 1 for phone work). Jack
>> just calls channels 1, 2 ... to whatever. Pulse names them for surround
>> up
>> to 7.1 and then calls any extra aux1 etc. I do not know if pulse also
>> plays with the sound to add surround stuff or not. I have had one user
>> tell me it does... but I don't know.
>>
>> Personally, I would like to see the jack source/sink treated as a
>> device.
>> If the jack detect module is loaded then a device appears for it weather
>> jack is running or not. It should allow jack to be set up in the same
>> way
>> as a card, stereo, 5.1, 7.1. Input or output only etc. Then if jack does
>> show up that many lines are created. It really doesn't matter if the
>> device jack is talking to has more or even less channels than pulse sets
>> up.
>>
>> --
>> Len Ovens
>>
www.OvenWerks.net
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 14
>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:22:42 -0700
>> From: Bearcat M. ??ndor
>> To:
linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
>> Subject: Re: [LAU] Jack users - how many channels do you want with PA
>> module-jackdbus-detect?
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>>
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>> I like that idea too Len, very much. Thanks for the in-depth answer too.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, February 26, 2013 10:50 am, Bearcat M. ??ndor wrote:
>>> > I assume that the channels can be anything we want and don't have to
>>> be
>>> > based on ITU standards? I'm planning on playing with ambisonics
>>> sometime
>>> > soon.
>>>
>>> Jack remains as is with whatever number of channels your audio
>>> interface
>>> has. Pulse by default now will create the same number of channels as
>>> well.
>>> For a 10 channel card this is over doing things. Most uses of bridging
>>> pulse to jack only require 2 channels (or even 1 for phone work). Jack
>>> just calls channels 1, 2 ... to whatever. Pulse names them for surround
>>> up
>>> to 7.1 and then calls any extra aux1 etc. I do not know if pulse also
>>> plays with the sound to add surround stuff or not. I have had one user
>>> tell me it does... but I don't know.
>>>
>>> Personally, I would like to see the jack source/sink treated as a
>>> device.
>>> If the jack detect module is loaded then a device appears for it
>>> weather
>>> jack is running or not. It should allow jack to be set up in the same
>>> way
>>> as a card, stereo, 5.1, 7.1. Input or output only etc. Then if jack
>>> does
>>> show up that many lines are created. It really doesn't matter if the
>>> device jack is talking to has more or even less channels than pulse
>>> sets
>>> up.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Len Ovens
>>>
www.OvenWerks.net
>>>
>>>
>
> I happen to agree. If there are x PA devices on my MOBO, I want to see
> x of them in JACK.
>
> I am one of the "few" mentioned in one post who have a 12 chan.
> firewire device as well as the devices on the mobo. I have a tri-amp'd
> stereo using a variety of JACK apps such as CALFrack and zita-lrx.
> (hopefully quad-amp'd and surround in the future)
>
> When I installed UBStudio 12.04 I was glad to see that PA just created
> the sink/sources in JACK and I didn't have to go figure something out.
> It's quite nice to be able to patch things around from the PA devices.
>
> I have yet to configure a surround sound system and have not seen
> anything showing up labeled as front, side rear, etc. (Is there a
> surround sound app? Do any of the apps that will play a dvd or bluray
> on a PC provide surround? Haven't attempted it yet, just askin.)
>