Re: [FFADO-devel] PC to PC audio transfer possible?

[Pieter P. <pi...@jo...>]

Chris Birkinshaw wrote:
> I've tried that. There are problems:
> 
> 1. Not all software can output reliably to jackd, even using jackplug
> 2. When the netjack listener is running on the master host and a slave 
> is not connected there are occasional xruns
> 3. Handshaking is required. It's not particularly suitable to a system 
> where the slave may or may not be present
> 4. Even with dedicated xover cable between interfaces there are 
> occasional clicks

Point 1 and 3 are also going to be an issue with the FFADO slave mode.

Greets,

Pieter

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> On Nov 17, 2007 12:48 PM, Pieter Palmers <pi...@jo... 
> <mailto:pi...@jo...>> wrote:
> 
>     Chris Birkinshaw wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      >     These are indeed good alternatives.
>      >
>      >     But nevertheless I'm still going to do it in FFADO, since
>     IMHO it's way
>      >     more user friendly if it's combined with normal soundcards. And
>      >     technically FireWire is more interesting than LAN for this
>     application.
>      >
>      >     Greets,
>      >
>      >     Pieter Palmers
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > It sounds like I will need to get some expensive soundcards and
>     go with
>      > ADAT then for the time being. It's good to know that people are
>      > interested in this though.
>     I would first check out netjack.
>     http://netjack.sourceforge.net/
> 
>     Pieter
> 
>