JACK Support in Rivendell

Rivendell can optionally be compiled to provide full support for the 
JACK Audio Connection Kit.  Instructions on enabling such support can
be found in the INSTALL file.  Information about JACK itself can be
found at:

    http://jackit.sourceforge.net/


STARTING UP RIVENDELL WITH JACK
When Rivendell's audio daemon, caed(8) is started, and JACK support is
enabled, caed(8) will look for a running jackd(1).  If it finds one,
it will attempt to join the graph and create the following ports:

   rivendell_<N>:capture_<M>L
   rivendell_<N>:capture_<M>R
   ...
   rivendell_<N>:playout_<M>L
   rivendell_<N>:playout_<M>R
   ...

where <N> is the number of the virtual 'card' Rivendell will use to
access JACK, and <M> is the number of the virtual 'port' within that
'card'.  The card number is selected automatically by caed(8), and
will be the first unused card number after any ASI adapters found in
the system are initialized.  The 'L' and 'R' stand for 'left' and
'right' stereo channels, respectively.  These card/port pairs can be 
assigned within RDAdmin just like any other Rivendell audio resource. 


JACK DAEMON MANAGEMENT
On distros that use a SysV-ish init system (such as SuSE), it's
possible to configure Rivendell to automatically start and stop the
jackd(8) daemon as needed.  To do this, proceed as follows:

  On SuSE
  Fire up Yast2, click 'System' and then select 'Editor for
  /etc/sysconfig Files'.  Under 'Configuration Options', select
  'Applications' and then 'Rivendell'.  Configure the parameters there
  as desired, then click 'Finish' to save them.

  Other Distros
  Edit the file '/etc/sysconfig/rivendell' and set the variables to
  the desired settings.


JACK SESSION MANAGEMENT
Simple session connection management is possible by placing entries 
within the [JackSession] section of /etc/rd.conf.  The format is as 
follows:

[JackSession]
Source<n>=<src-port>
Destination<n>=<dest-port>

where:
    <n> = Arbitrary connection number, must start at '1' and go up
    consecutively.

    <src-port> = The name of the source JACK port to connect, in
    standard CLIENTNAME:PORTNAME format.

    <dest-port> = The name of the destination JACK port to connect, in
    standard CLIENTNAME:PORTNAME format.

Here is an example [JackSession] section:

    [JackSession]
    Source1=rivendell_1:playout_0L
    Destination1=alsa_pcm:playback_1

    Source2=rivendell_1:playout_0R
    Destination2=alsa_pcm:playback_2

    Source3=rivendell_1:playout_1L
    Destination3=alsa_pcm:playback_3

    Source4=rivendell_1:playout_1R
    Destination4=alsa_pcm:playback_4

    Source5=rivendell_1:playout_2L
    Destination5=alsa_pcm:playback_9

    Source6=rivendell_1:playout_2R
    Destination6=alsa_pcm:playback_10

    Source7=alsa_pcm:capture_1
    Destination7=rivendell_1:record_0L

    Source8=alsa_pcm:capture_2
    Destination8=rivendell_1:record_0R

    Source9=alsa_pcm:capture_3
    Destination9=rivendell_1:record_1L

    Source10=alsa_pcm:capture_4
    Destination10=rivendell_1:record_1R

    Source11=alsa_pcm:capture_9
    Destination11=rivendell_1:record_2L

    Source12=alsa_pcm:capture_10
    Destination12=rivendell_1:record_2R

This example sets up an ICE1712-based soundcard (a Midiman Delta-66,
in this case) to use the first three playout and record ports of Card
1 in Rivendell.  It is, of course, fully possible to dynamically
manage the port assignments through use of a JACK patchbay (such as
QJackConnect) as well.