[vlc] vlc & jack

[Elliott Chapin]

On 10/03/2010 03:04 PM, Christophe Mutricy wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 03, 10 at 13:06 -0400, Elliott Chapin wrote:
>> I know. I get jack running and open vlc. vlc doesn't appear on the
>> connection panel until it is playing something. Then I connect vlc to
>> jack output and I have sound. When that particular piece finishes the
>> connection disappears and I can't hear what vlc is doing. Clear enough?
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> That's the design of the audio core in VLC which is like that. An audio
> output module is present only when needed.

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> There is for some element of the video output modules the ability to be
> reused or at least to have some properties carried on.
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> And I don't know if such feature are not implemented in the audio core
> or if it's just the jack output which don't implement them.

Thanks: I don't think it's jack. I hope the next VLC will be able to 
load a jack audio i/o module upon opening. Several other jack-related 
app's do, and it's very useful; but they're meant more as studios than 
players.

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