Re: [LAU] Help needed with Scripting in QjackCtl

Dan Capp wrote:
> Thanks Renato. But what I'm trying to do is use the "Script" in Setup to
> make QjackCtl automatically load a certain preset without me having to
> do it. The reason I want to do this is because: 1) I have QjackCtl set
> to start automatically on system startup and I also have QjackCtl set to
> "start jack server" straight away when loaded. At the moment it
> automatically loads the last preset used, so if I've been using
> "firewire" and then I shut my computer down, when I start it again
> QjackCtl loads automatically and tries to load the "firewire"
> driver/preset even when the firewire isn't connected, so I get loads of
> error messages. And 2) whilst studying the options in QjackCtl (I'm new
> to Linux audio and excited) I noticed that there seems to be the
> facility to make it load specified presets automatically and I wanted to
> try it, but it doesn't seem to work and I don't know if I'm getting the
> "meta-symbol arguments" right (I'm totally new to them).
>
> This relates to an earlier request/thread I made in LAU. It's not a big
> deal if I can't do this as it just means I need to always remember to
> manually switch QjackCtl to my "alsa" preset whenever I turn my firewire
> device off so that it doesn't ever try and load "firewire" when the
> device isn't there, like you said. I just hate error messages and I like
> automation - some kind of Obsessive Compulsive thing I have maybe ;). It
> just seems like QjackCtl offers an easy solution to my problem and I'm
> not using it right.

Hmm, maybe make a script that checks to see if firewire device is
connected. If true, it starts JACK with the firewire backend, otherwise,
it starts with your ALSA backend. Maybe you could run that script on
startup.

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David
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