> Well, there is one reason...VMWare still doesn't support
> ALSA, and the vmwaredsp wrapper library only works with esd
> or artsd, so I have to keep one of them around.
DMIX does not make the soundservers unnecessary. Why?
A program which needs esound or arts or gstreamer or JACK
cannot output sound via dmix.
But DMIX makes it possible to
* run several soundservers at the same time
* that more than one application which does not use a
soundserver but tries to access an ALSA device directly can
output sound simultaneously
Remaining problems:
Applications which still need OSS can output sound via the
ALSA OSS emulation, but if I'm right it is still difficult to
pipe it through DMIX
But anyway, DMIX solves a lot or problems and really is a
great step forward.
And to those who think DMIX is unneccessary, think about the
following constellation. You're listening to ogg files while
your collegue tries to call you via a softphone. Will the
softphone be able to ring?
Best regards
ce
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