Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] hel p for a levelmeter]
From: STEFFL, ERIK (SBCSI) ("STEFFL,)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 22:17:02 EEST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Vehmanen [mailto:kai.vehmanen_AT_wakkanet.fi]
>
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Conrad Parker wrote:
>
> > it might save you some hassles if you changed the intro to
> jack's web
> > pages, which currently read:
> >
> > JACK is a low-latency audio server, written primarily for the
> > GNU/Linux operating system. It can connect a number of different
> > applications to an audio device, as well as allowing
> them to share
> > audio between themselves.
> >
> > that, by itself, sounds to the average user an awful lot
> like a general
> > purpose audio server. Perhaps what you wrote in the email
> below, comparing
> > JACK to ASIO, would be more appropriate.
>
> But the second paragraph of the intro basicly already mentions
> the focus:
>
> --cut--
> JACK is different from other audio server efforts in that it has been
> designed from the ground up to be suitable for professional
> audio work.
> This means that it focuses on two key areas: synchronous
> execution of all
> clients, and low latency operation.
> --cut--
'suitable' does not mean 'exclusively suitable'. and 'focus' does not
(usually) mean 'completely ignore anything else'. all in all if it can
handle tough tasks I would expect it to handle easy tasks as well (which I
think was the point of original post)
erik
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