From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Colin Guthrie Subject: Re: The state of Linux audio Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:07:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43235245B6 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:08:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KXX7M-0000UI-41 for alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:08:04 +0000 Received: from 80-192-67-147.cable.ubr10.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([80.192.67.147]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:08:04 +0000 Received: from gmane by 80-192-67-147.cable.ubr10.edin.blueyonder.co.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:08:04 +0000 In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Fred . wrote: > What is the state of audio in Linux? > How does it compare against other operating systems? > > Is the Linux audio functionality good or bad? > What could be better? > What is planned for the future? Rather open ended questions! Is there a reason why you are asking or just curious? It depends what you are looking for really (desktop, pro etc.) but Linux audio is arguably a bit of a mess with lots of APIs and abstractions layers/libraries and a lack of a single common, agreed structure. On the desktop, most distributions and people are pinning their hopes on PulseAudio. I'd advise you look at the following presentation: http://foss.in/2007/register/speakers/talkdetailspub.php?talkid=353 This is by the PulseAudio author Lennart Pottering and has a small section on the state of linux audio and what PulseAudio is trying to do to consolidate this work and provide a common platform to move forward in the desktop space. HTHs Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]