From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick B Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA, JACK, ASIO Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:11:50 -0500 Message-ID: <420B79B6.5060703@cfl.rr.com> References: <9e47339105020710162d246fed@mail.gmail.com> <9e473391050208182623c5b3ea@mail.gmail.com> <1107982073.1806.10.camel@radium.gaugetheory.org> <87y8dxp9fm.fsf@sulphur.joq.us> <1108032468.1806.26.camel@radium.gaugetheory.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <1108032468.1806.26.camel@radium.gaugetheory.org> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Brian L Scipioni Cc: Jack O'Quin , alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net, alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Brian L Scipioni wrote: >Thanks. A couple more ASIO questions: > >Could the ASIO protocol be implemented on top of ALSA or within JACK? >Would it provide for low(er) latency operation on cards that support it? >Would ASIO perhaps just provide some parallel functionality that is >already represented in ALSA and/or JACK? > >thanks, >brian > > >On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 19:04, Jack O'Quin wrote: > > >>Brian L Scipioni writes: >> >> >> >>>This may not be an alsa issue but: >>> >>>Can/does ASIO run on top of ALSA using JACK? JACK claims the "-a" option >>>for ASIO on supported cards, but it will not accept the option. jackd >>>-h does not list the option, but the docs at LAU Guide do. >>> >>>jackd -a -d alsa >>> >>> >>The poorly-named --asio option was removed from JACK a year or two >>ago. It had nothing to do with running any real ASIO code in Linux, >>but just described an option for checking realtime overruns "similar" >>to the way ASIO (presumably) does. >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide >Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. >Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Alsa-user mailing list >Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > From what I've been reading the Linux audio kernels are already capable of latencies lower than the ASIO drivers. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong though. Rick B ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click