awesome-linuxaudio/system-setup.md

Linux audio system setup

Status: DRAFT

• Base setup
• External links

Base setup

• Install Debian stable
• Add kxstudio repos (see http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/Repositories): wget https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-debian/+archive/kxstudio/+files/kxstudio-repos_9.0.0~kxstudio1_all.deb, sudo dpkg -i kxstudio-repos_9.0.0~kxstudio1_all.deb
• switch CPU Frequency scaling to Performance
• realtimeconfigquickscan

74adbac541/HOWTO 74adbac541/cfg/rtirq

External links

Configuration

• System Preparations
• System configuration [Linux-Sound]
• Linux audio user FAQ [Linux-Sound]
• Jack Configuration on Focusrite USB Audio
• List of JACK Frame [or Buffer] & Period settings ideal for USB interface
• IRQ Prio config
• PCI Latency Values - MythTV
• IRQ Priorities - FFADO
• Setting CPU affinity
• Rtirq - bash script for tweaking IRQ priorities/audio latency
• How to optimize jack
• Hardware Compatibility List [Linux-Sound]
• Programming and using Linux sound
• The LADI Session Handler
• Audio Layers Overview [Linux-Sound]

Misc

• Firewire config for DV cameras: modprobe ieee1394 ohci1394 raw1394 video1394 #possibly mknod -m 666 /dev/video1394 c 172 0
• Burn MPEG-1/VCD to CD: cdrdao write --device 0,1,0 -n vcd.toc #vcd.toc from mkvcdfs

Development

• Real-Time Linux Wiki
• Real-Time Linux kernels
• Brain Fuck Scheduler - Con Kolivas patches
• Real-time computing - Wikipedia
• Activate and test realtime kernels - Gentoo ProAudioOverlay
• Realtime - Ubuntu Wiki
• Google search: Real Time Linux on linuxjournal.com
• Low Latency Howto - ALSA Project
• Realtime Linux Audio Kernels - linuxaudio.org - support for packagers, vendors and users
• Ubuntu Realtime kernels