Help with Jack on Windows?

Installation & Configuration Windows
#1

Does anyone know if there’s a good place to get help with jack on Windows (basically, I can’t make Qjackctl work here). It works if Jack is already running but no matter what I do, I can’t make Qjackctl start Jack (I’m running Jack2 ver1.9.21).

I’m happy to try a Windows list or forum if there’s one available but I’ve tried this web page:-

Community Network | JACK Audio Connection Kit

And all the links just produced Error 403 or Error 404. If I try to post to jackaudio@lists.linuxaudio.org I get a response telling me to use jack-devel@lists.jackaudio.org but if I try to post there it gives me an error saying there’s no such mailbox :confounded:

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#2

Ask las (@paul) over on the IRC. :slight_smile:
He might be able to help you.

-J

#3

Have you tried GitHub discussions yet? FalkTX is project lead now, and has a lot of commits on github, so presumably he sees issues and discussion topics there.

#4

Thanks Chris and no, I’d never even heard of it! But it looks like it’s exactly what I need…

#5

I installed JACK 1.9.22, including the JACK ASIO Router, in Win11 22H2 and QjackCtl starts JACK just fine.
I had to uncheck Realtime in Setup/Setting when running as an unprivileged user, though.

What errors do you get?

#6

Thanks Peder - that was it. I start off by leaving all the settings at (default) and it gave me the attached error message. And even if I selected any interface (i.e. other than ASIO) I’d see the same error message. But selecting ASIO has made it work for some reason.

Capture-07

#7

Great!
Yeah, you should definitely use ASIO for professional audio work in Windows.

Even though I installed that driver I don’t see any ASIO option in the Interface drop-down. Only some MME, DirectSound, WASAPI and WDM-KS ones.
But that could possibly be because I’m using a crappy PC with just a built-in Realtek chip.
Or something else; I don’t really care :slight_smile:

#8

So was the Jack ASIO Router something you needed to download separately, or is it a part of the normal Jack download (or Win11)??

#9

It’s included in the JACK 1.9.22 download : Using JACK on Windows | JACK Audio Connection Kit

Note that “3. Pick “Full installation (with JACK-Router)” during installation.” is slightly incorrect. I got an options window instead, where I had to check that alternative.