Re: Don't ever bother with bridging JACK with ALSA or Pulseaudio.

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I was very egoic and wanted everything to suit me in specific special
customized ways just for me.
It seems the universe has to run well for everything, and optimizing it
just for me is very impractical.

I just wanted to use Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as a morning alarm and avoid using a
separate pair of speakers for Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
It turns out that it's far better to just use a smartphone, a tablet, or an
alarm clock for a morning alarm.

The lesson I learned from this is to choose the simplest solutions for
important problems. I spent time on such an unimportant problem as
perfecting a morning alarm.
There was no need to perfect a morning alarm. I just needed a durable
morning alarm.

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 2:16 AM Chris Caudle <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, September 12, 2019 8:05 am, crocket wrote:
> > I've spent months on perfecting the bridge between JACK and ALSA.
>
> I think you have created the most complex monitor controller ever.  This
> is that system that has S/PDIF from the motherboard audio to digital input
> on a USB connected interface that you described earlier?
>
> -----------------------------
> --> is a connection that doesn't cross the boundary of a computer.
> ==> is a connection that occurs between two computers.
>
> Anything that doesn't cross ==> occurs on my desktop computer. Anything
> that happens after ==> occurs on Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
> netjack1 runs on my desktop computer. Ethernet cable is the only cable
> that connects two machines.
>
> 1. ALSA dmix --> SPDIF out of Realtek ALC887 onboard soundcard --> SPDIF
> In of X-Fi HD USB --(alsa_in or zita-a2j)--> netjack1 ==(ethernet
> cable)==> ALSA jack backend --> I2S Amplifier(HiFiBerry Amp2) --> Speakers
>
> 2. netjack1 --(alsa_out or zita-j2a)--> headphone jack of X-Fi HD USB on
> my desktop computer --> headphones
>
> -----------------------------
>
> Is this being used for music production, or just listening to audio files?
> PulseAudio can do something similar in a self-contained fashion, at the
> expense of higher latency and the occasional dropped sample.  And of
> course the old fashioned way to do it would be with an analog monitor
> controller or small mixer.  The more modern audio production focused way
> would be to use Dante or similar if you really want network connectivity,
> or the ability to add and remove devices, have large distance separation,
> etc.
>
> My recollection is that the questions you posed were somewhat isolated,
> and mostly how to accomplish various specific tasks with jackd or alsa.
> It may have been better to start with a more general description of what
> you were trying to accomplish and ask about the best way to get to that
> result, because I can't imagine anyone recommending that convoluted signal
> chain just for listening to audio from your desktop and a separate
> computer (RPi in your case) at the same time.  Using an on board audio
> interface just to send audio over S/PDIF to a USB interface to drive
> headphones seems pretty bizarre, I never could make sense of what you were
> trying to accomplish with that rather than just sending audio to the USB
> interface to start with.
>
>
> --
> Chris Caudle
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I was very egoic and wanted everything to suit me in speci=
fic special customized ways just for me.<div>It seems the universe has to r=
un well for everything, and optimizing it just for me is very impractical.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>I just wanted to use Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as a mornin=
g alarm and avoid using a separate pair of speakers for Raspberry Pi 3 B+.<=
/div><div>It turns out that it&#39;s far better to just use a smartphone, a=
 tablet, or an alarm clock for a morning alarm.</div><div><br></div><div>Th=
e lesson I learned from this is to choose the simplest solutions for import=
ant problems. I spent time on such an unimportant problem as perfecting a m=
orning alarm.</div><div>There was no need to perfect a morning alarm. I jus=
t needed a durable morning alarm.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"=
><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 2:16 AM Chri=
s Caudle &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">=
On Thu, September 12, 2019 8:05 am, crocket wrote:<br>
&gt; I&#39;ve spent months on perfecting the bridge between JACK and ALSA.<=
br>
<br>
I think you have created the most complex monitor controller ever.=C2=A0 Th=
is<br>
is that system that has S/PDIF from the motherboard audio to digital input<=
br>
on a USB connected interface that you described earlier?<br>
<br>
-----------------------------<br>
--&gt; is a connection that doesn&#39;t cross the boundary of a computer.<b=
r>
=3D=3D&gt; is a connection that occurs between two computers.<br>
<br>
Anything that doesn&#39;t cross =3D=3D&gt; occurs on my desktop computer. A=
nything<br>
that happens after =3D=3D&gt; occurs on Raspberry Pi 3 B+.<br>
netjack1 runs on my desktop computer. Ethernet cable is the only cable<br>
that connects two machines.<br>
<br>
1. ALSA dmix --&gt; SPDIF out of Realtek ALC887 onboard soundcard --&gt; SP=
DIF<br>
In of X-Fi HD USB --(alsa_in or zita-a2j)--&gt; netjack1 =3D=3D(ethernet<br=
>
cable)=3D=3D&gt; ALSA jack backend --&gt; I2S Amplifier(HiFiBerry Amp2) --&=
gt; Speakers<br>
<br>
2. netjack1 --(alsa_out or zita-j2a)--&gt; headphone jack of X-Fi HD USB on=
<br>
my desktop computer --&gt; headphones<br>
<br>
-----------------------------<br>
<br>
Is this being used for music production, or just listening to audio files?<=
br>
PulseAudio can do something similar in a self-contained fashion, at the<br>
expense of higher latency and the occasional dropped sample.=C2=A0 And of<b=
r>
course the old fashioned way to do it would be with an analog monitor<br>
controller or small mixer.=C2=A0 The more modern audio production focused w=
ay<br>
would be to use Dante or similar if you really want network connectivity,<b=
r>
or the ability to add and remove devices, have large distance separation,<b=
r>
etc.<br>
<br>
My recollection is that the questions you posed were somewhat isolated,<br>
and mostly how to accomplish various specific tasks with jackd or alsa. <br=
>
It may have been better to start with a more general description of what<br=
>
you were trying to accomplish and ask about the best way to get to that<br>
result, because I can&#39;t imagine anyone recommending that convoluted sig=
nal<br>
chain just for listening to audio from your desktop and a separate<br>
computer (RPi in your case) at the same time.=C2=A0 Using an on board audio=
<br>
interface just to send audio over S/PDIF to a USB interface to drive<br>
headphones seems pretty bizarre, I never could make sense of what you were<=
br>
trying to accomplish with that rather than just sending audio to the USB<br=
>
interface to start with.<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Chris Caudle<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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