>On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Paul Davis wrote: > >> >what you say seems to be valid to me, but not if you implement smart dmix t >he >> >way I said =). The way I suggested *every* application would connect to sma >rt >> >dmix, and none directly to alsa lib (except those that use devices like hw: > - >> >and those should never be mixed). Since every stream is connected to smart >> >dmix, there is no need to *reroute* anything in the case of needed mixing. >> >The only thing that has to happen, is that the new stream, that has to be >> >mixed into the existing one due to hardware limitations has to be resampled >> >etc. to make mixing possible. >> >> believe or not, i actually think that peter is right here. if dmix >> works well enough to be used by any application, then i think it >> should be used for all non-hw accesses unless the user configures it >> otherwise. if it doesn't work this well, it should :) > >Ok, maybe we all talk about same thing. Sure, if the code is matured >enough, we can use it as default. But I only want to note that dmix >- even with one stream - won't be ever equal to the raw hardware access >(hw:#,#).
note that i said "for all non-hw accesses" ^^^^^^^^ applications that open "hw:N" should know what they are doing, and why. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel