Re: alsa + jack + ladspa + dssi + lash + ...

[robin <robin@rektau.ukfsn.org>]

Herman Robak wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:05:01 +0100, tim hall 
> <tech@glastonburymusic.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Saturday 14 January 2006 13:17, Eduardo Marcel Maçan was like:
>
> > > It's a good oportunity to give the "multimedia task force" the
> > > motivation and purpose it needs
> >
> > Hmm, now you come to mention it, there is no 'lash' package anywhere 
> > in Debian
> > stable, testing or DeMuDi as far as I can see. They are all still 
> > referred to
> > by the 'old' name of ladcca. Ladcca2 and ladccad are available from the
> > DeMuDi repositories.
> >
> > When you talk of the 'multimedia task force' who do you refer to? DeMuDi
> > already has plenty of motivation and purpose and the integration is very
> > good, most packages work out of the box. What I find confusing is that 
> > for
> > some people there seems to be a separation between Debian multimedia and
> > DeMuDi in their minds, which might account for people not finding what 
> > they
> > are looking for. ;)
>
>  Is not DeMuDi a custom Debian distribution?  

Yes

Is DeMuDi only a suite of Debian packages?

Yes but importantly it includes an optimised kernel for low latency, 
uses jackd as a sound server and the bulk of the audio applications are 
jack-aware meaning they can all used together, routing via Jack audio 
connection Kit (qjackctl). Compared to a standard Debian install there 
is, I've found, a marked performance benefit using Demudi.

If I recall correctly, cannot find the reference at the moment, one of 
the aims of Demudi is to feed the ideas and knowledge gained from 
producing Demudi back into the main Debian project.

http://demudi.agnula.org/ for more info

robin

> It is important that the necessary configuration
> rules are applied to (non-custom) Debian, so that the prerequisite
> features work out of the box.
>  It is also important that applications have sensible fall-backs, so
> that they will not refuse to start simply because _one_ of their
> features can not be initialised.  I came to think of Rosegarden
> refusing to start because there is no sequencer device.  Rosegarden
> is both a score editor and a sequencer, and the score editing does
> not require a sequencer device. (although it is nice to have, for
> it provides aural feedback)
>
>
> > See Debian policy on multimedia thread.
>
>  Indeed.  This is another data point for the (hopefully) upcoming
> Debian policy.
>
> --Herman Robak