Re: [LAU] Getting Rhythmbox to Appear in qjackctl

Hmm, i use mplayer. it has a config file option to specify JACk as audio
output. Works fine here.

On 5/20/20 10:07 AM, Max 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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