Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:06:16AM +0100, YoYo Siska wrote: > > This seems like a dumb question (for I was a strict PA denier until recently > > and have been using alsa-only since always), but does PA handle OSS > > applications better than alsa/dmix? Whenever I want to use sidplay, which > > on

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-28 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:06:16 +0100 schrieb YoYo Siska : > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 03:30:24AM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > > > dmix *may* be able to handle multiple audio streams (in practice, in > > > my personal experience, it always requires more work than PA); but it > > > will never

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-28 Thread YoYo Siska
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 03:30:24AM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > dmix *may* be able to handle multiple audio streams (in practice, in > > my personal experience, it always requires more work than PA); but it > > will never be able to do the other stuff PA handles. > > This seems like a d

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 08:07:21PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> >>> Isn't dmix pretty much automatic in als these days? I suspect that's >> >>> how KDE supports multiple audio streams by default. >> >> >> >> Yep, I think it's a

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 08:07:21PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >>> Isn't dmix pretty much automatic in als these days? I suspect that's > >>> how KDE supports multiple audio streams by default. > >> > >> Yep, I think it's automatic since alsa 1.0.9 or so. > >> > > > > Yeah, when you wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Paul Hartman >>> wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Paul Hartman >> wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Willie Matthews >>> wrote: Right now I use pulseaudio on my laptop and desktop. Is ther

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Paul Hartman > wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Willie Matthews >> wrote: >>> Right now I use pulseaudio on my laptop and desktop. Is there something >>> else out there that can handle multiple audio

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Willie Matthews > wrote: >> Right now I use pulseaudio on my laptop and desktop. Is there something >> else out there that can handle multiple audio streams? > > alsa dmix > Isn't dmix pretty much automatic i

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > Right now I use pulseaudio on my laptop and desktop. Is there something > else out there that can handle multiple audio streams? alsa dmix

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Juan Diego Tascón
no, I missunderstood what it is for, airfoil can only play streams from windows or mac, the output could be linux though, but anyways it isn't what you are looking for. 2012/2/27 Juan Diego Tascón : > You should check airfoil [1]. It's a multiplatform sound system but > it's not open source. Haven

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Juan Diego Tascón
You should check airfoil [1]. It's a multiplatform sound system but it's not open source. Haven't actually tried it myself as pulseaudio fits my needs. ** refs: [1] http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/ On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Willie Matt

Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Willie Matthews wrote: > Right now I use pulseaudio on my laptop and desktop. Is there something > else out there that can handle multiple audio streams? > > -- > > Willie Matthews > matthews.wil...@gmail.com > Jack handles multiple streams very well but it's diff

[gentoo-user] What is the best audio system?

2012-02-27 Thread Willie Matthews
Right now I use pulseaudio on my laptop and desktop. Is there something else out there that can handle multiple audio streams? -- Willie Matthews matthews.wil...@gmail.com