> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:57:55 +0200, günter geiger wrote: > > > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Steve Harris wrote: > > > That was my thought too. As we have seen before, when software is designed > > > with OSS in mind it can be very hard to refactor it to jack stylee. > > > > Does this mean it will be easier to port applications that where designed > > to use ALSA, or will it be the same ? > > No idea. What I actually meant was "open, read, write" apps. I;ve never > written a raw alsa app, so I don't know what the API is like. > > - Steve, pre coffee
Yep, got it. Actually I think for output only applications you could get off without a redesign. Just write your data to a buffer and wait until the process() fetches it. This will introduce a buffer copy, but the overhead is minimal and you can happily play into your favourite soundeditor. (Which is what we want). Guenter
