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Re: [PATCH v2] Autoconnect jack ports by default
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Gerd Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2] Autoconnect jack ports by default |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:48:55 +0100 |
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 11:33:14PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2021 23:04:47 CET Geoffrey McRae wrote:
> > This goes against how all standard jack clients work, a new jack client
> > should not auto-connect at all unless explicitly configured to as if
> > there is an existing audio diagram configured (which is 99% of the time)
> > it will cause unexpected/undesired behavior.
> >
> > Jack is not supposed to be an 'automatic' system, it's the
> > responsibility of the patch bay software to route connections.
> >
> > The auto-connect feature exists to allow the jack audiodev to re-connect
> > a broken connection when the jack device restarts/reconnects.
>
> Well, that was also my idea first, and I would agree with you in case of a
> regular music app of course, but then I thought QEMU is probably not an
> average JACK client, and it simply lowers the entry level for new users who
> probably just want to output to system out anyway.
Well, I guess there is more software like that, any music player for
example. I don't think this is a good reason for qemu to have
non-standard behavior. If you want qemu autoconnect, you can use the
connect-ports option.
Beside that I'd expect the patch bay software is able to remember the
routing configuration per application, so the setup would be a one-time
thing you don't have to re-do on every qemu launch. Not fully sure this
is actually the case though, I'm not a regular jack user.
take care,
Gerd