Re: [LAU] Getting Rhythmbox to Appear in qjackctl

As far as I can see Strawberry does remove the Jack client on stop but
not on pause and not in-between songs.
@Paul I'd recommend to switch to Strawberry, it handles Jack better than
Clementine. Clementine wasn't updated since over 4 years.

On 20.05.20 22:14, Paul Davis wrote:
> although clementine has the same issue as previously mentioned - it
> connects/disconnects between songs and disconnects when not playing.
>
> RB can definitely use JACK directly (because gstreamer can). I did this
> for years. Alas, I've been using Clementine for years now too, and I do
> not recall the precise gstreamer setup I used with RB.
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 2:08 PM Max <abonnements@revolwear.com
> <mailto:abonnements@revolwear.com>> wrote:
>
> If you are fine with not using Rhythmbox, try Strawberry [1](a fork of
> Clementine [2](inspired by Amarok [3])).
>
> In the settings select "Backend". Set Engine to "GStreamer" and Output
> to "Output to a JACK server". It will show up in the Graph of QJackctl
> as it's own node and you can route it as you wish.
>
>
> [1] https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/
> [2] https://clementine-player.org
> [3] https://amarok.kde.org/
>
> On 20.05.20 19:03, Samir Parikh wrote:
> > Hi Everyone, I'm back!
> >
> > How do I get Rhythmbox (GNOME application similar to iTunes) to
> appear
> > in qjackctl?
> >
> > To recap:  I'm trying to take the output of music playing from
> Rhythmbox
> > and combine that with my microphone (either onboard laptop or
> bluetooth
> > headset) to pipe both into the Jitsi Meet videoconference
> service[1].
> > Thanks again to everyone who has been helping me thus far.  Based
> on the
> > feedback I received, I'm going to try to solve my issue using JACK.
> >
> > Over the past few days, I have been doing more research, reading
> wiki
> > pages and watching YouTube videos to become more familiar with
> JACK and
> > the various tools.  Thus far, I have:
> >
> > - installed qjackctl and its dependencies on Ubuntu 16.04
> >
> > - updated /etc/security/limits.conf with:
> >    @audio           -       rtprio          95
> >    @audio           -       memlock         unlimited
> >    per these instructions[2]
> >
> > - added my userid to the audio group
> >
> > - installed pulseaudio-module-jack
> >
> > - installed gstreamer1.0-plugins.bad
> >
> > - I have NOT installed the low latency kernel
> >
> > I can now start the JACK server without any XRUNS after changing my
> > Output and Input devices to hw:PCH but I can't get Rhythmbox to
> appear
> > under "Readable Clients/Output Port" in the Connections window in
> > qjackctl.  I'm struggling to figure out how to set these GStreamer
> > values[3] assuming that this is even the solution to my problem.
> >
> > Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Samir
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://lists.linuxaudio.org/archives/linux-audio-user/2020-May/113035.html
> > [2] https://jackaudio.org/faq/linux_rt_config.html
> > [3] https://jackaudio.org/faq/gstreamer_via_jack.html
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