On 2013-04-18, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> > ... >> > (i) It's a "sound server", a description I don't understand. What >> > does it _do_? Why do I want it? It seems to be an unnecessary >> > layer of fat between sound applications and the kernel. >> >> If you don't understand the term "sound server" you probably >> shouldn't be using Gentoo. >> >> When I'm watching a YouTube video I still want to hear my email >> client go bing or my chat program alert me of my buddy coming online. >> >> That's not possible if my web-browser has a hard-wired path into my >> soundcard and ain't letting go. > > Just throwing out there that users can or atleast could use alsa plugs > to have multiple applications. I did that before pulseaudio came along > to play nfs carbon under cedega and listen to music.
It should be noted that ALSA users can have multiple applications by doing absolutely nothing other than using ALSA and using the applications they want to use. > Also I have never got around to looking into Jackd but isn't it meant > to be by far the best. I know pro audio users use it and I have heard it > is not the easiest to set up but is there any reason why it isn't the > default setup. > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/JACK > > From a quick look at this jack can hook up multiple applications that > seem to need to be set up individually. What's the scope for Jack > > a./ replacing pulseaudio > > b./ having a compat interface layer to make pulseaudio compatible apps > talk to jack > -- Nuno Silva (aka njsg) http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/
