Re: [LAU] Very frustrating problem with JACK and exporting through mixbus

From: Ricardus Vincente <wizardofgosz@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat May 05 2012 - 23:38:09 EEST

On Sat, 2012-05-05 at 10:25 -1000, david wrote:

> Since issue doesn't occur 100% of the time, maybe it's something
> specific to projects that have the problem - like a particular plugin or
> softsynth patch?
>
> On 05/05/2012 09:34 AM, Jason Jones wrote:
> > I'm cross posting, including this to the JACK mailing list.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Jason Jones wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys.. I recently acquired a RME Raydat interface (works like a
> > *charm*, and I love it!), but ever since I installed it, I'm getting
> > a random error when I try to export my tracks, and it's driving me
> > bonkers.
> >
> > Previously to installing the Raydat card, I had used ardour for
> > approximately 10 years, and have never experienced this problem.
> >
> > The problem is about 75% of the time, when exporting, the GUI will
> > just sit there and do nothing, maintaining the "export" button
> > depressed continually. Within QJackctl's "message" window, I see
> > the following error:
> >
> > JackEngine::XRun: client = ardour was not run: state = 2
> >
> > JackFreewheelDriver::Process: Process error
> >
> > 00:31:20.920 XRUN callback (1).
> >
> >
> > The remaining 25% of the time it exports just fine, without issue.
> >
> >
> > Needless to say, this is extremely frustrating. Googling the
> > problem returns nothing but the snippet of code which contains the
> > error message itself, which can be found at the link below:
> >
> >
> > http://www.trac.jackaudio.org/browser/jack2/branches/pipelining/common/JackFreewheelDriver.cpp?rev=4306
> >
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. If more info is needed,
> > please let me know what I can get you.
> >
> >
> > Also, thanks to everyone who assured me that the Raydat card works
> > well under Linux. It really does work like a charm.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --Jason
> >
> > www.advancedbudgetstudios.com <http://www.advancedbudgetstudios.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > I've since found that this problem only occurs in Jack2. Jack1 exports
> > 100% of the time just fine, but I've found that Jack2 (aside from the
> > export problem) works much better under high stress. Most of my
> > projects contain a high number of tracks / plugins / etc... Thus, high
> > stress. It'd be very nice to go back to Jack2, but not being able to
> > export pretty much kills any usefulness from it. Any ideas at all?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.

 I had this happen some time ago with ardour as well. I mentioned it to
las in the IRC, and he said it would take some special code to track
down the issue.

 That said, it hasn't happened to me in many months.

 It has yet to happen using Mixbus.

 Rich...

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