Re: Possible modifications to interface

Jack O'Quin a écrit :
>> Well, I know that closed-source drivers do suck, but in my case, I have an
>> issue when exporting songs with ardour with Jamin as a plugin. Using the
>> closed-source fglrx driver, the sound is awfully distorded while when using
>> the open-source (and much slower du to new hardware not being properly
>> handled) the sound is OK. Perhaps separating the UI and the processing would
>> solve this case?
>>     
>
> The audio processing already runs in real-time threads, which *should*
> be immune to interference from graphics software.  Putting them in a
> separate address space would not help any with that.
>   
If you say so, you're probably right :)

> If the graphics *hardware* is locking out the I/O bus for long
> periods, then it's not going to work properly no matter what we do in
> software.
>   
OK, but how come my audio problems only occur when exporting songs 
?(i.e. in "freewheel" mode if I'm correct). When playing the tracks the 
sound is OK, only the GUI flickers badly and interaction is difficult.


Sebastien

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