29. helmikuuta 2012 23.56 Martin Zuther <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:code@mzuther.de">code@mzuther.de</a>></span> kirjoitti:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear Rémi!<div class="im"><br>
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Either your JACK server is misconfigured (I don't know JACK), or there is<br>
a bug somewhere most probably in the VLC JACK output plugin. Sorry, but I<br>
don't want to have two plugins doing the same with different code in<br>
slightly different conditions. Remixing is already a big enough mess[1] in<br>
VLC as things stand.<br>
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I can understand you -- I had thought along those lines before starting a new channel mixer. It's usually easier and more useful to fix something than to build around it.<br>
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Unfortunately, the problem lies deeper (mind you, it might still be easy to fix, but not for *me*). VLC simply assumes a number of output channels, and this is were the problem lies. I don't quite like "automagic" settings like this one, because I happen to always run against them. And users simply cannot fix them without actually changing the code. Also, the JACK output plug-in is not the only one with this problem, at least the Windows MME output plug-in displays the same symptoms.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Some Pro cards would work better with free mixing+using multiple output devices, since the channels of the devices are split to multiple virtual stereo devices. But this would require some major work.</div>
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It might help to have an option to force VLC's number of output channels, possibly a global one -- but I fear it might have to be implemented for each and every output plug-in. Actually, the Direct-X output plug-in already features such an option. Having realised all this, I finally started coding a simple channel mixer which has the additional benefit that you can freely position the stereo downmix in your surround array, given you actually own one...<br>
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As a side note, jackd always exposes *all* available input and output ports of a sound device. That makes (automatic or manual) reconfiguration of your audio setup (like insertion of a meter or EQ) a breeze. So I do not quite see a *bug* in the JACK output plug-in, although I'm not sure on that.<div class="im HOEnZb">
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Best regards,<br>
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Martin<br>
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