Re: jackd cpu usage when idle?

"Peter P." <peterparker-97jfqw80gc5Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:18:20 +0200
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* Jannis Achstetter <jannis_achstetter-S0/[email protected]> [2026-06-08 21:46]:
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> As far as I understood, jackd keeps the sound card open and sends
> "zero"-filled buffers, even if no clients are connected. Pipewire might not
> do that.

Yep, it seems from a few tests that pipewire is more conscious about
that and will not use cpu for sending zeroes.
Thanks Jannis!
P