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diff --git a/audio/libjackasyn/pkg-descr b/audio/libjackasyn/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8a9924b5bfa9 --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/libjackasyn/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +libjackasyn is a library that allows you to use programs written for the OSS +sound API with the JACK audio server (jackit.sf.net). libjackasyn is a library +that can be used for two purposes. + +First it can be loaded via the LD_PRELOAD variable, turning OSS applications +automatically into JACK-aware applications. + +Second, it can be used to link against the program during build time, making it +trivial to turn an OSS aware sound application into a JACK aware sound +application in a short time. + +libjackasyn got its name from the asynchronous manner in which it communicates +with the JACK server, which means by using libjackasyn you will introduce an +additional delay exactly the size of one JACK audiobuffer (1024 samples or 44 +ms with the JACK default settings). This delay can be reduced by reducing the +JACK buffersize. It should not matter for sound generating applications, but +it might introduce phasing effects when doing sound processing. + +WWW: http://gige.xdv.org/libjackasyn/ |