From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Kirk Subject: Re: smart and automatic use of dmix and dsnoop - feature suggestion. Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:16:15 +0100 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200311172016.25155.pwk.linuxfan@gmx.de> References: <200311141221.hAECLqlT003018@oud.linuxaudiosystems.com> <200311171918.54453.pwk.linuxfan@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Takashi Iwai Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org WARNING: Unsanitized content follows. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 necessa= ry > > 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= =20 _NO_ sound instead of a (quality wise) slightly degraded sound ? I cant rea= ly=20 believe it :P. If they wanted to have maximum quality, they shouldnt open= =20 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 byp= ass=20 of smart dmix for a device...but the default should be to use smart dmix, a= s=20 most users I know wish to play the sounds that the applications they open= =20 play... Peter - --=20 Oh, well, I guess this is just going to be one of those lifetimes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/uR5/g2ieGvTmHiURAhK3AKCA+/zIAY0dOP9sPhLyAU13va1oEgCcDM1d 20wRl726T+iFG5WODfcKUrY=3D =3D9gxW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl