Re: Sound Standard.

Trevor Johnson (trevor@jpj.net)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 03:40:02 -0500 (EST)


First Spirit Sauron wrote:

> Is there, or has there existed at any point in time, a standard for *nix
> systems on how userland applications can interface to sound?
>
> I've noticed that the way linux handles sound is completely different than
> the way HPUX handles sound, which is completely different than the way
> Solaris handles sound...
>
> I'm aware this is what 4-front is trying to do, but I didn't find any info
> about a standard on their homepage.

The sound drivers in Linux and FreeBSD use the same API, and were in large
measure written by the same author, as the OSS stuff. You can find
programming information on it at
http://www.4front-tech.com/pguide/index.html and you can purchase OSS for
Solaris.
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Trevor Johnson

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