Bug 90844

Summary:	Wish: JACK output plugin
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Dik Takken <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Dik Takken 2004-10-06 10:25:22 UTC

Version:           1.1 (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

I guess it would not be really dificult to add a JACK plugin, would it? When outputting to JACK, Amarok does not need to care about effects, because the user can simply connect Amarok to another JACK application like Jack Rack.

Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2004-10-06 14:18:06 UTC

ignore my ignorance, but can JACK play MP3?

Comment 2 Dik Takken 2004-10-06 15:35:29 UTC

No, but my idea was that Amarok could use Xine/GStreamer/whatever to decode the mp3, just like it is doing now, and use JACK in stead of ALSA for playing the decoded audio. I'm not familiar with how Xine/GStreamer/etc work, so please forgive me if I asked for something stupid.

Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2004-10-06 18:18:46 UTC

what you're asking for is gstream support for jack - which it might already have, I don't know. At least arts has.

Comment 4 Max Howell 2004-10-08 17:53:25 UTC

Yep, GStreamer will output to Jack if you install Jacksink. aRts can also. I don't know any of the details about the Jacksink however, so I'm not sure if you can redirect the output etc.

Comment 5 Christoph Eckert 2005-01-09 13:01:57 UTC

A jack output plugin would be great. In fact, this is the reason why I still use xmms instead of amarok.

I need this to play an ogg file and use my instruments to play along with various software synthesizers.

Comment 6 Motin / Fredrik 2006-09-27 23:15:09 UTC

Since gstreamer support for jack is broken I have added an updated wishlist item here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134767