On Dec 10, 2007 10:26 AM, Dick Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 10, 2007 3:55 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a question... Is there any plan to integrate > > > PulseAudio as the sound server in Solaris? > > > I suggest to contact the developers of PulseAudio to ask them if they > > have any plans on porting this software to Solaris. > > That's not the same as integrating it.
Until it has adoption and stability I'm not sure it's worth spending the work integrating. Part of the reason so many GNU/Linux distributions use Audio Servers is because most of their sound drivers lack support for multiple applications to output audio at the same time. Once we get OSS integrated, not only will we have better sound support than most GNU/Linux, but one of the reasons they use sound servers won't apply to us. Unlike the GNU/Linux world, integration tends to imply a certain level of support and commitment in our world. In relation to that, I am unable to find any documentation regarding their commitment to interface stability, etc. PulseAudio also seems redundant in the face of OSS which provides many of the same pieces of functionality. About the only advantage I can see to having it available is its possible adoption by future project and its network audio support. Finally, I have serious concerns about its affects on audio performance after reading the FAQ where it talks about audio buffer fragmentation, changing the server to real-time priority scheduling to alleviate audio issues, etc. I would rather see OSS enhanced for the per-application functionality that it adds and use that without adding another layer of indirection on top of the ridiculous amount we already have today for some applications for audio. For the record, Solaris is listed as a supported platform: http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/AboutPulseAudio -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
