Re: smart and automatic use of dmix and dsnoop - feature suggestion.

[Peter Kirk <pwk.linuxfan@gmx.de>]

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Am Montag, 17. November 2003 19:49 schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> At Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:18:49 +0100,
> Peter Kirk wrote:
> > Am Montag, 17. November 2003 15:33 schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> > if I understand it right, then "high-end" cards should be able to play
> > multiple streams in hardware...meaning the smart dmix wouldnt even do
> > anything else than pass on the streams to the soundcard (no resampling,
> > no mixing, no nothing). Only if you play two streams on a soundcard that
> > can only handle playing one, then it would mix (and resample if necessary
> > for the mixing).
>
> well, my concern is that with the high-end cards, people tend to stick
> with the quality of sounds.  that means, any reason to reduce the
> quality wouldn't be acceptable for some people.  since dmix will do it
> silently (if needed), it might be unacceptable.

what ? are you suggesting there are people out there that would rather have 
_NO_ sound instead of a (quality wise) slightly degraded sound ? I cant realy 
believe it :P. If they wanted to have maximum quality, they shouldnt open 
more soundstreams than their hardware can handle...

> anyway, it's just a concern.  the answer for this question would be
> just a questionary to users (and a good documentation or user-friendly
> GUI tool to configure).

well, at least I get your point now :). Maybe add a option that enables bypass 
of smart dmix for a device...but the default should be to use smart dmix, as 
most users I know wish to play the sounds that the applications they open 
play...

Peter
- -- 
Oh, well, I guess this is just going to be one of those lifetimes.
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