On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >> opportunity to contribute something. Specifically, I'm setting up a >> retired G4 PowerBook as a living-room music server using mpd to feed >> an external USB DAC. And I've found that mpd's OS X output plugin >> isn't quite as flexible as I like: there's no way to specify which >> audio device to use. This is no big deal if everything runs the > > An easy solution is to install something like Debian on that machine > (which, contrary to OS X, still supports this hardware).
1) I spent *months* trying to get Debian and then Ubuntu working to my satisfaction on this Mac. I strongly prefer free software in general, and both Debian and Ubuntu in particular, to OS X. But the simple truth is that Linux does not adequately work on PPC Macs: I had problems like 8-bit colour, lack of suspend, lack of audio, excessive fan noise, and so forth that simply don't happen on OS X. But please let's not turn this into a rant about Linux on PPC. I tried it, it doesn't work as well as OS X, end of story. 2) OS X supports my USB DAC just fine. mpd works great with it too *unless* you run mpd as a daemon launched at boot. My patch is simply about making mpd use OS X's Core Audio API to its fullest. Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
