From: mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ALSA vs. OSS
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:46:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xzncimmhn.fsf@ford.guide> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040120192401.GA5685@mcgroarty.net
Brian McGroarty <brian@mcgroarty.net> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:48:54AM +1000, Steve Youngs wrote:
>> * Markus H?stbacka <midian@ihme.org> writes:
>>
>> > but ALSA didn't let me to open two sound sources (like XMMS and
>> > Quake3) at the same time, so I guess it is not really done yet, or
>> > is it?
>>
>> Works for me. Right now I've got 3 instances of mpg123 playing 3
>> different MP3s and XEmacs playing a big .wav file and an audio CD
>> playing. It's a horrible jumbled mess of noise coming out of my
>> speakers, but it is working.
>
> You probably have a Soundblaster Live or similar, which has multiple
> hardware wave outputs.
>
> OSS has software mixing. ALSA seems designed for people relying on
> esd, aRts or similar multiplexing daemons.
Don't you mean the other way around?
> It's possible to run a program via 'esddsp' or 'artsdsp' to reroute
> /dev/dsp to the daemon, but the overhead isn't so nice, and the output
> quality is often wanting.
True.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-20 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-19 17:18 ALSA vs. OSS Markus Hästbacka
2004-01-19 17:48 ` Steve Youngs
2004-01-19 18:21 ` Travis Morgan
2004-01-20 8:58 ` Gábor Lénárt
2004-01-20 9:46 ` Heinz Ulrich Stille
2004-01-20 13:18 ` Mark Borgerding
2004-01-20 14:03 ` Markus Hästbacka
2004-01-20 14:07 ` Takashi Iwai
2004-01-20 14:17 ` Markus Hästbacka
2004-01-20 14:28 ` Takashi Iwai
2004-01-20 14:37 ` Markus Hästbacka
2004-01-20 14:41 ` Takashi Iwai
2004-02-25 22:21 ` Markus Hästbacka
[not found] ` <20040120170658.GB23351@widomaker.com>
2004-01-20 17:35 ` Takashi Iwai
2004-01-20 14:08 ` Heinz Ulrich Stille
2004-01-20 15:13 ` Alistair John Strachan
2004-01-20 15:19 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2004-01-22 23:53 ` Zephaniah E. Hull
2004-01-23 8:31 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2004-01-20 19:00 ` Eric Sandall
2004-01-21 11:03 ` Dale Weber
2004-01-21 18:06 ` Mike Fedyk
2004-01-24 8:21 ` Travis Morgan
2004-01-20 19:24 ` Brian McGroarty
2004-01-20 19:46 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2004-01-19 18:08 ` Raphaël RIGO
2004-01-19 19:42 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2004-01-20 14:24 ` Olaf Dabrunz
2004-01-20 14:44 ` Thomas Dodd
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.58.0401201524230.2010@pnote.perex-int.cz>
2004-01-20 14:48 ` Olaf Dabrunz
2004-01-20 15:06 ` Takashi Iwai
[not found] <20040119174543.59620.qmail@web40610.mail.yahoo.com>
2004-01-19 18:06 ` Markus Hästbacka
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2004-01-21 2:40 Jonathan Boler
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