RE: Kernel OSS vs ALSA
Michael Cummins (mjcumm@isa.mim.com.au)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:33:15 +1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@pobox.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 14 October 1999 10:20
> To: Alan Cox
> Cc: mjcumm@isa.mim.com.au; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu;
> sound@uglx.org
> Subject: Re: Kernel OSS vs ALSA
>
>
> Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > > Free OSS is out there and supported, so it's momentum will continue to
> > > carry it.
> >
> > The new cards are using the API but not the code from OSS.
>
> Right
>
>
> > > which has turned off some people. There've been a few private
> > > discussions about writing a nice, clean, small (!) sound API based on
> > > the capabilities of current cards.
> >
> > I'm against changing the API for this. Fix the API by adding positional
audio
> > and to reflect 32+ DSP devices. The existing API is basically sound
(pardon
> > the pun)
>
> Here's the laundry list of requests:
> * support for any arbitrary mixer device: name, desc, data types, number
of subchannels
> * 3D audio, maybe in userspace
> * simultaneous multiple streams, with mixing as needed
> * time marking of streams for synchronization
> * OSS exposes internals, there should to be a mid-layer lib in userspace
> * some control over bass boost and the like
Whao up there. That's a pretty tough request. Can that be implemented
under OSS? Or will the ALSA project be the only real way get that
implemented. If so and you'd like those request implemented I'd say you
have more reason to help the ALSA team than I have.
Michael Cummins
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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