From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thierry Vignaud Subject: Re: OSS vs ALSA war :-) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:45:30 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <200408101716.SAA04883@liam2.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from office.mandrakesoft.com (ezoffice.mandrakesoft.com [212.11.15.34]) by alsa.alsa-project.org (ALSA's E-mail Delivery System) with ESMTP id 7F6281F0 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:45:34 +0200 (MEST) In-Reply-To: <200408101716.SAA04883@liam2.demon.co.uk> (walsac3@liam2.demon.co.uk's message of "Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:16:12 +0100") Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: William Cc: Lee Revell , geeceezee@free.fr, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org William writes: > > > Should I refrain from playing UT2004 just because Nvidia's > > > drivers, which work beautifully, are closed-source? Should I > > > refrain from playing Quake 3 because ALSA doesn't work with it? > > > > No, this is why ALSA provides OSS emulation, so every legacy app > > doesn't have to be recoded. > > One big problem is that some parts of ALSA's OSS emulation have been > buggy for a long time, especially its /dev/sequencer emulation: > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=28 > [First reported August 2002, present since before Alsa 0.9.0] the odds that quake3 uses /dev/sequencer are not that high :-) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285