On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 09:54:13AM -0500, Brad Smith wrote: > On 1/23/2019 8:59 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > What is the native sound interface for openbsd btw? oss doesn't > > > > compile (missing sys/soundcard.h header). > > > OpenBSD uses sndio, a similar audio daemon to pulseaudio and it's > > > enforced for all [well integrated] audio applications. > > Hmm. Yet another audio daemon. /me wonders why people keep reinventing > > the wheel. > > The wheel wouldn't be reinvented if there were viable options. There were > none.
https://xkcd.com/927/ > > > SDL is an optional intermediate layer kept for practical/compatibility > > > purposes, but all software shall use sndio natively. > > Is pulseaudio supported? The package is at least in the package > > collection. If so, then we can choose between pulse and sdl as middle > > man, due to the lack of a sndio backend. Which of the two should be > > preferred? > > Very much SDL. PulseAudio is avoided like the plague. Ok, so be it. Lets go with SDL only for openbsd. cheers, Gerd
