On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > here are my next goals for the ALSA library development (short > term). I invite all developers to comment these directions. [...] > * create ordinary pcm & mixer interfaces
These are very welcome additions, especially the mixer part! Although most people can easily use (for instance) alsamixer, the controls on some cards are hopelessly confusing. Having all cards publish a simple set of standard controls will significantly improve ALSA's user-friendliness. It would be good if even the high-end cards would provide a mapping to these simple controls. Ideally, a DVD player using the simple PCM and mixer interfaces would work as expected even if your card is a Hammerfall or some ice1712-based. > * investigate a lisp integration to the current configuration syntax [...] > - I don't rely on lisp, but what another interpreter with function > definition has only 22kB binary (slisp-1.2 - i686)? Hmm, it'd be great if this functionality was optional (at build time). Although I must admit 22kB is not much... > * initiate a development of a graphical tool which will manage > the alsa configuration files (~/.asoundrc) One possible addtional item (not alsa-lib specific): * making alsa-conf the primary tool for setting up ALSA user-space I'm not sure what's the status of alsa-conf is currently, but based on the mailing list activity and ALSA websites, it doesn't seem to be widely used. OTOH; the few times I've tried it, it has worked well. And what's most important, it solves two of the top-3 user problems with setting up ALSA: 1. Finding out what audio hardware you have and what is the correct ALSA module. 2. Editing modules.conf. 3. Managing to compile alsa-driver against kernel sources. ... alsa-conf solves (1) and (2), while (3) will be history once linux-2.6 is released. Hmm, editing asoundrc is also one common issue, but as asoundrc is not required to get a basic ALSA setup up, it's not in my top-3. :) -- http://www.eca.cx Audio software for Linux! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
