NAME¶

jack_netsource - Netjack Master client for one slave

SYNOPSIS¶

jack_netsource [ -H hostname ] [ options ]

DESCRIPTION¶

jack_netsource The Master side of a netjack connection. Represents the slave jackd -dnet in the master jack graph. Most connection parameters are configured via the netsource, and the slave will set itself up according to the commandline option given to jack_netsource. Netjack allows low latency audio connections over general IP networks. When using celt for compression, it is even possible to establish transatlantic links, with latencies not much over the actual ping time. But the main usecase is of course a LAN, where it can achieve one jack period of latency.

OPTIONS¶

-h this help text

-H slave host

 

Host name of the slave JACK

-o num channels

 

Number of audio playback channels

-i num channels

 

Number of audio capture channels

-O num channels

 

Number of midi playback channels

-I num channels

 

Number of midi capture channels

-n periods

 

Network latency in JACK periods

-p port

 

UDP port that the slave is listening on

-r reply port

 

UDP port that we are listening on

-B bind port

 

reply port, for use in NAT environments

-b bitdepth

 

Set transport to use 16bit or 8bit

-c bytes

 

Use CELT encoding with <bytes> per period and channel

-m mtu

 

Assume this mtu for the link

-R N

 

Redundancy: send out packets N times.

-e

 

skip host-to-network endianness conversion

-N jack name

 

Reports a different client name to jack

-s, --server servername

 

Connect to the jack server named servername

-h, --help

 

Display help/usage message

-v, --version

 

Output version information and exit

EXAMPLES¶

run a 4 audio channel bidirectional link with one period of latency and no midi channels. Audio data is flowing uncompressed over the wire: On hostA:

jackd -d alsa

 

jack_netsource -H hostB -n1 -i4 -o4 -I0 -O0

On hostB:

jackd -d net