On Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 20:27, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > Peter wrote: > >All these things just make life _easier_. I want to get on with > >developing code, not wondering why my hardware isn't performing. I > >don't _want_ to have to learn _that_ part of the system. Because I'll > >only need to do it once: > >when I spec the next machine. (The next time I spec a machine, > >everything I found out last time will be out of date.) > > This is a good idea to have this support and you've picked the right > thread for asking for it. Currently there are only a handful of people > who have worked on the official ALSA docs. I have done 90% of the work > myself. It's great I'm learning heaps in the process and will definitely > think about how to make it possible to add the info you require. > > Unfortunately we don't often get success stories on the ALSA lists so we > don't really know how well things work until someone says that it's > broken :(
Heh. the life of a software developer. You only get fault reports and feature requests (that need to be delivered yesterday) :-). > > As it is I have tried to provide a feedback inteface via the notes > additions in the docs. So far it is being used but not as much as it > could be. I guess it will just take time. You can lead a horse to water... Ah, yes... I ought to post a report on my Evolution 249 USB keyboard. Works a treat (well, Clemens latest change isn't in my alsa driver yet...). > > Do you have a specific idea envisioned for how we could present the info > more effectively or a way to make more people contribute their results? > I'm listening. I think the new website is a _huge_ improvement over the old, static, one. Like I said elsewhere - I still don't really know enough about the hardware side of audio to know _what_ I'm missing :-( And getting the positive feedback ... maybe we could convince one of the large PC mags to do a soundcard comparison on Linux/ALSA... :-) If I knew enough to do a decent job, I'd happily nag everyone posting here, individually, into submitting details of their hardware setup and how they feel about their audio experience under Linux... :-) -- Peter