Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 May 1999 08:20:45 -0700 | From | (Jim Gettys) | Subject | Re: Soundcard over Network |
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> From: jg@pa.dec.com (Jim Gettys) > Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 08:18:49 -0700 > To: dmartin@clifton-labs.com (Dale E. Martin) > Cc: Raphael Becker <beckerra@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>, > Linux-Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> > Subject: Re: Soundcard over Network > ----- > AudioFile was renamed AF due to trademark problems. And gnome now > has an audiofile library, so lets use AF's normal name. > > In any case, AF should be easy to port to Linux. It can use a /dev/audio > interface, though this is not ideal. > > In my (informed) opinion, both NAS and AF have problems that need to > be worked on (though they are good starts). > > I'd personally start with AF, but then again, I'm biased (as one of AF's > authors). The fundamental features of AF that are very good are: > > 1) very low latency is possible; if an output device hasn't played > the sample yet, you can still change it. This is vital for both > gaming and teleconferencing; it is hard to retrofit into NAS, > which is why I'd start with AF. > 2) explict control over time (you can mix samples at a sample > resolution). > > The not so good parts of AF are: > 1) no way to store sound snippets at the server (pretty trivial to > add) > 2) single mix buffer, which complicates unplaying sounds and makes > applications that may need to do so more complicated (this is an > artifact of the era in which AF was written, where memory was > much more expensive. This would be a moderate amout of work to > redo the server for; my guess is, if I had a month free, which I > don't, > I could redo the server to present multiple output rings. > 3) basic telephony support. > > In any case, if people want to pick up AF and run with it, I'd be happy > to provide some pointers. > - Jim Gettys > > > Oops, I goofed: I meant to say: AF has basic telephony support; it got listed under not-so good parts, when I meant to list it as a feature of AF.
Sorry, - Jim
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