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diff --git a/audio/sonic-visualiser/README b/audio/sonic-visualiser/README index 83f564333c..0fe3b7cd84 100644 --- a/audio/sonic-visualiser/README +++ b/audio/sonic-visualiser/README @@ -7,17 +7,21 @@ simply listen to it. Optional dependencies, detected at build time: -liblo - allows remote control of sonic-visualiser via OSC. portaudio - allows sonic-visualiser to run without a JACK or pulseaudio - server. +server (using plain ALSA). -Note: the SlackBuild author is unable to get sonic-visualiser to work -with PortAudio. PulseAudio seems to work but hasn't been thoroughly -tested. If you have problems with the other audio I/O backends, try JACK. -See File -> Preferences -> Audio I/O. +jack-audio-connection-kit *or* jack2 - allows sonic-visualiser to use +JACK for realtime audio recording/playback [*]. -This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with -elevated privileges (required for realtime audio processing). This -may be considered a security/stability risk. Please read -http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/ for more information. To disable -capabilities, pass SETCAP=no to the script. +liblo - allows remote control of sonic-visualiser via OSC. + +Note: PulseAudio seems to work but hasn't been thoroughly tested. If you +have problems with the other audio I/O backends, try JACK. See File -> +Preferences -> Audio I/O. + +[*] When built with jack-audio-connection-kit or jack2, this package +uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with elevated privileges +(required for realtime audio processing). This may be considered a +security/stability risk. Please read http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/ +for more information. To disable capabilities, pass SETCAP=no to the +script, or build without JACK. |