Documentation:Modules/jack

Module: jack
Type	Audio input and output
First VLC version	0.8.5 (output) 0.9.0 (input)
Last VLC version	-
Operating system(s)	Unix, Linux, BSD
Description	JACK Audio Connection Kit audio input and output
Shortcut(s)	-

for VLC media player

Introduction

Allows VLC to connect to JACK.

Options

JACK audio input (access_jack)

--jack-input-caching <integer>

Caching value in ms

Make VLC buffer audio data captured from JACK for the specified length in milliseconds.

--jack-input-use-vlc-pace, --no-jack-input-use-vlc-pace

Pace (default disabled)

Read the audio stream at VLC pace rather than JACK pace. (default disabled)

--jack-input-auto-connect, --no-jack-input-auto-connect

Auto Connection (default disabled)

Automatically connect VLC input ports to available output ports. (default disabled)

JACK audio output (jack)

--jack-auto-connect, --no-jack-auto-connect

Automatically connect to writable clients (default disabled)

If enabled, this option will automatically connect sound output to the first writable JACK clients found. (default disabled)

--jack-connect-regex <string>

Connect to clients matching

If automatic connection is enabled, only JACK clients whose names match this regular expression will be considered for connection.

References

vlc --version
VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
VLC version 1.0.6 Goldeneye
Compiled by buildd@palmer.buildd
Compiler: gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 
vlc -p jack --advanced --help-verbose

External Links

• Jack at Wikipedia
• Jack Audio Project
• Midnight Cake Delivery in Hyderabad