Feature Request: ability to route multi channel audio out from Server to DAW

[Efroymson]

I'd like to be able to record my jam sessions. Currently I am running the server on one machine, and client on another. My band mates log into the server from their machines. I also run a client on my server machine, and direct it's output to Blackhole (I'm on a Mac and that seems the best virtual port now) so I can record it into Logic.

The problem is that I can only get the whole mix in, I can't get the individual tracks. Obviously the server must be sending individual tracks to the client, since I can mix and mute them individually from the client. However, I don't see any way of getting to those individual tracks except via the client, which mixes them down into two tracks, which is fine for monitoring, but not what I would prefer for recording the session to allow further processing.

[pljones]

Duplicate of #146.

The server can record tracks.

Clients only receive the mix. That's not going to change.

[Efroymson]

I think this is related to #151 and #177, but I am not sure if they are only addressing a desire to allow Jamulus to mix multiple local audio streams. I want to be able to record all the streams, local and remote, into one multitrack audio file, i.e. the current output of the Jamulus server.

[Efroymson]

@pljones Perhaps I do not understand. I am asking for the server to be able to record tracks. I am on a Mac (I can boot into Windows or Linux if that works better, though I am used to Logic) and I do not see how to get the audio from the server to anything other than the client.

[Snayler]

The server is already able to record multitracks by using the --recording option and specifying a path for the recordings when launching.

[Efroymson]

Looking again, I see this is very similar to #174, which I didn't see when I checked before submitting this (maybe because it was closed) but I don't really need the ability to live process the audio stream, simply recording it would be fine for me. In fact if the server could simply dump out a file for later processing that would be ok, and perhaps easier to implement. Oh, never mind, I think I see now how this is supposed to work. Perhaps this should be left open but renamed to "Better documentation on -R Server option, ability to access it from GUI".

[Efroymson]

I notice that I am not able to connect to a private server with this option enabled? Is that correct? It seems to require the Creative Commons license to be accepted, which is reasonable, but maybe is interfering with private servers?

[gilgongo]

Is that correct??

No, the --licence and --recording options are independent.

[corrados]

I don't really need the ability to live process the audio stream, simply recording it would be fine for me

Ok, so you can use the --recording function then. If you are happy with that, is it ok to close this Issue?

[Efroymson]

I have been able to record, using --recording, so yes, this issue can be closed. I have some other issues with it, including the documentation. I might be able to help write up some notes on how to use it, as I get more comfortable, if that would be useful. The documentation as it stands is rather sparse.