On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 08:07:21PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >>> Isn't dmix pretty much automatic in als these days? I suspect that's > >>> how KDE supports multiple audio streams by default. > >> > >> Yep, I think it's automatic since alsa 1.0.9 or so. > >> > > > > Yeah, when you wrote dmix the light turned on about how KDE (and I > > suspect most desktop managers) is likely doing it. > > GNOME uses PulseAudio by default, and since 3.0 is actually mandatory. > I believe Xfce uses PA also, and (please, tell me if I'm wrong) KDE > also by default uses PA.
KDE has the phonon layer, which features a PA useflag, but also a flag for gstreamer and vlc. > dmix *may* be able to handle multiple audio streams (in practice, in > my personal experience, it always requires more work than PA); but it > will never be able to do the other stuff PA handles. This seems like a dumb question (for I was a strict PA denier until recently and have been using alsa-only since always), but does PA handle OSS applications better than alsa/dmix? Whenever I want to use sidplay, which only speaks OSS, I need to stop all other audio programs (e.g. press Stop in the Clementine player if it's only paused), or else /dev/dsp was busy. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' I forbid any use of my email addresses with Facebook services. Disarm! Or else...
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