[PD] pd -rt and linux 2.6 [hdsp direct alsa support]

[guenter geiger]

On Fri, 7 May 2004, derek holzer wrote:
>
> I would like to suggest that you disregard Thomas' advice. ALSA is now
> standard for 2.6 kernels, and throwing away the choice of using it
> straight seems like only limiting options rather than giving advantages.

Hmm, ok, point taken, although I do not agree fully with all of your
reasoning. I still have to find the time to reintroduce the working
version s_alsa.c in a recent pd version. If someone wants to give it
a try, just take s_alsa from the devel_0_36 branch and adapt it
to pd 0.37 changed audio structure.
As long as I don't have a HDSP card I might not find the motivation
to do so. I am sorry, I am terribly lazy :(

Guenter


>
> Two examples:
>
> 1) Basic: new users just trying out PD and/or Linux might not have
> everything configured for properly using Jack. In fact, when doing
> workshop with all the kinds of cheap hardware and crappy motherboard
> soundcards you usually get at workshops, there have been plenty of times
> when Jack simply would not run at all! Forcing these people to rely on
> the emulation of a depreciated sound system doesn't really sound like
> such a good idea.
>
> 2) Advanced: what if I wanted to use PD + HDSP for an installation, for
> example, which autostarts if the computer for some reason gets rebooted?
> Instead of a simple prompt to open PD, I would have to make a whole
> shell script to start the jack daemon, then start PD, then connect all
> the ports in Jack *before* starting the DSP in PD. Not much advantage
> there...
>
> And for the record, I get the same exact stream of PD watchdog messages,
> which I have posted to this list already, as Tim does with both 2.4 and
> 2.6 kernels.
>
> ok... I think I have run out of technical problems to complain about to
> this list tonight ;-) Think I'll go to bed, and get back to making noise
> tomorrow.
>
> Best,
> d.
>
> --
> derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl
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>