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Wim Taymans 2025-03-11 16:31:08 +01:00
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@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ The media session will check the permissions on `/dev/snd/seq` before
attempting to create this node. It will also use inotify to wait
until the sequencer device node is accessible.
Currently, the session manager does not try to link control messages
automatically.
## JACK
JACK assumes all `"application/control"` ports are MIDI ports.
@ -102,11 +105,12 @@ filtering out the \ref SPA_CONTROL_Midi, \ref SPA_CONTROL_OSC and
converted to control messages in a similar way.
Normally, all MIDI and UMP messages are converted to MIDI1 jack events unless
the JACK port was created with an explcit "32 bits raw UMP" format, in which
case the raw UMP is passed to the JACK application directly. For output ports,
the JACK port was created with an explcit "32 bits raw UMP" format or with
the JackPortIsMIDI2 flag, in which case the raw UMP is passed to the JACK
application directly. For output ports,
the JACK events are assumed to be MIDI1 and converted to UMP unless the port
has the "32 bit raw UMP" format, in which case the UMP messages are simply
passed on.
has the "32 bit raw UMP" formati or the JackPortIsMIDI2 flag, in which case
the UMP messages are simply passed on.
There is a 1 to 1 mapping between the JACK events and control
messages so there is no information loss or need for complicated