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patch #9519: Enable JACK audio backend if jackd is running

Submitter:  Damien Zammit <zamaudio>
Submitted:  Sat 16 Dec 2017 05:05:24 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Priority:  7 - High
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Open/Closed:  Open

Sat 16 Dec 2017 05:09:21 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I spent a lot of time making the backend work, and Mozilla refuses to include the compile flag in default builds because they dont want to support users with an extra audio backend, but the truth is, JACK audio server is superior in GNU/Linux than PulseAudio.
 
In 55.0a1 I introduced a hidden runtime pref that allows you to select which audio backend to use, but in icecat 52.3.0, the  backend is auto selected with a hardcoded initialisation order: JACK is tried first, then pulse, then alsa in that order (if you build with --enable-jack).  As it stands, it will fall back to pulse backend if jackd is not running.

Damien Zammit <zamaudio>
Sat 16 Dec 2017 05:05:24 AM UTC, original submission:  

diff --git a/makeicecat b/makeicecat
index a91e3a6..039df4b 100644
--- a/makeicecat
+++ b/makeicecat
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ EOF
 # Custom settings and features
 ###############################################################################
 
-# Disable EME
-echo "ac_add_options --disable-eme" >> build/mozconfig.common.override
-echo "ac_add_options --disable-eme" >> build/mozconfig.common
-echo "ac_add_options --disable-eme" >> debian/config/mozconfig.in
+# Disable EME and enable JACK audio (only if jackd is running)
+echo "ac_add_options --disable-eme --enable-jack" >> build/mozconfig.common.override
+echo "ac_add_options --disable-eme --enable-jack" >> build/mozconfig.common
+echo "ac_add_options --disable-eme --enable-jack" >> debian/config/mozconfig.in
 
 # Disable healthreport
 sed '/mozilla.org\/legal/d' -i toolkit/components/telemetry/healthreport-prefs.js

Damien Zammit <zamaudio>

 

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