Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:43:05 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ? |
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 04:20:45PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On 6/28/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> wrote: >> ALSA has been the Linux soundsystem for a number of years now and as such, >> an application that runs under Linux and produces sound more and more can >> be >> expected to do so using the Linux API. The only reason it _can_ be seen as >> a >> detail is due to the Just Works nature of the OSS emulation but that is >> changing due to the software mixing. Binary apps are also moving to ALSA >> currently, ie, flash, skype, ... > > If your disto ships with any OSS apps using the in-kernel emulation > you should file a bug report, as it results in bizarre and undesirable > behavior - a single app opening /dev/dsp will block audio for every > other app (OSS or ALSA) on the vast majority of hardware out there.
There's software like mplayer that supports both and tries OSS first...
> Lee
cu Adrian
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