Re: Bug report: strange crash
Joel Roth <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.audio.ecasound.general |
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| Message-ID | <20120412065448.GB6468@sprite> |
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:38:05PM +0300, Kai Vehmanen wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Joel Roth wrote: > > > I note that ecasound-iam(1) for my version of Ecasound (2.8.1) > > does not list cop-add and cop-remove as non-realtime (see > > quoted text below). > [...] > > trol objects that belong to a connected chainsetup. Commands that do NOT > > support this are: > > ... note the "NOT" in the man page text above. :) So the list in the man > page is a blacklist, i.e. the listed commands (like cop-remove) are _not_ > real-time safe. Sorry if I wasn't clear. My point is that cop-remove is *not* listed in the blacklist, at least in the man page for my installed Ecasound (2.8.1). > > Perhaps there are others as well? For example, I know > > that Nama needs to wrap cs-set-position in a stop/start > > when running Ecasound under JACK. > > That's a different thing. In JACK, reposition during playback, > and repositioning while stopped, are two different operations. With > Ecasound+JACK, result of 'cs-set-position' will be different based on > whether the engine is running or not. > > In practical terms, slow clients (clients like ecasound that need to do > disk i/o), may not be able to catch up immediately to the new position to > the new location (and you miss some audio on those JACK inputs). In > multitrack recording type of use, you will usually want to reposition > while stopped to make sure all clients are ready to play. Thanks for clarifying. Nama is a bit like an awkward dancer, still learning how *not* to step his partner's (Ecasound's) feet. :-) Regards, Joel -- Joel Roth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Ecasound-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ecasound-list