Pulseaudio is a layer to replace dmix which imho is a good thing. It by no means negates existence of JACK or ALSA but rather tries to address inadequacies of dmix/snoop. Look at the pulseaudio site/conference slides for more info.
Best wishes, Ico > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-audio- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of victor > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:24 PM > To: Jay Vaughan; linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org > Subject: Re: [LAD] alsa and OSS (again?) > > Ok: my next question is, given that a software has native > alsa support, Jack support, do we need to put some effort into > adding 1) pulse audio support and 2) OSS support? > Is that a good idea or is it just a waste of time? > > Victor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: [LAD] alsa and OSS (again?) > > > >>> Does this mean that pulseaudio is preferred to Jack? > >> > >> For desktop and user applications yes, for professional audio no. > >> > > > > > > There should be no distinction. The fact that there is, means that > > the designs are broken. Audio should just plain work - period. > > > > ; > > -- > > Jay Vaughan > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > > Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
