Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Esben Stien
Maarten de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > any advice on what would be the best kernel options when using ingo > molnar's patch for an audio setup? CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT -- Esben Stien is [EMAIL PROTECTED] s a http://www. s tn m irc://irc. b -

Re: [linux-audio-dev] FM, Phase Modulation and The Wiki

2005-07-06 Thread Jens M Andreasen
On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 14:14 +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote: > Hi! > > I am trying to correct some factual errors in wikipedia regarding FM > synthesis (aka phase modulation.) > > The page in qustion is here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_modulation_synthesis > > My current correction

Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 13:52, Maarten De Boer wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT: Complete Preemption (Real-Time) > > > > [...] > > > > AFAIK this one. > > Hm, I am currently trying PREEMPT_DESKTOP. > I got the impression _RT would be a bit of overkill for audio

Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Maarten De Boer
> List archives. There's no point documenting it because it's developing > too fast. Ok. I gave up following the whole discussing on LKML because it was too fast :-) > If your distro has a 2.6.12 kernel available, you need to file a bug > report against PAM to support this new kernel feature.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> There's absolutely no need for the sound server, it's just > bloat. Maybe. But I think at the time where the soundservers have been introduced it was a wise decision. If KDE and Gnome choose to support Gstreamer in the future, it will be more than just a soundserver. AFAIK it can also share

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Florian Schmidt
On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 22:43:39 +0200 Christoph Eckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know my opinion is unpopular, but afaik OSS is more of a > > standard in the unix (not linux) world than ALSA is. > > There's no way around providing an OSS emulation that works > > (i mean sw mixing, etc.) for

Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Hm, I am currently trying PREEMPT_DESKTOP. > I got the impression _RT would be a bit of overkill for > audio work. AFAIK PREEMPT_DESKTOP was introduced early in the 2.6 series. If it was enough, we didn't discuss about low latency anymore, but we do ;-) . For audio work, a latency of more th

Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 20:52 +, Maarten De Boer wrote: > > Unfortunately, I also try to get decent audio on my 2.6.12 > > machine but it seems to be tricky. > > > > After enabling the above option and kernel installation, you > > need to patch PAM and configure it accordingly or you need to > >

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 22:35 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > > the thread, the sound > > > daemons will automagically cease to exist once > > > developpers realize there > > > is no need for them. But it would be good to speed > > > up the process. > > > > YES to that :-). > > The desktop sound

Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Maarten De Boer
Hi, Thanks for the reply. > > CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT:      Complete Preemption (Real-Time) > > [...] > > AFAIK this one. Hm, I am currently trying PREEMPT_DESKTOP. I got the impression _RT would be a bit of overkill for audio work. > Unfortunately, I also try to get decent audio on my 2.6.12 > mach

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> For now, I would like your opinion on the issue. Do you > agree that such a document would be feasible and useful, > and that the proposed structure/contents make sense? Yes and no. I think that I simply needed too long until I understood using linux audio systems. So such a document would be

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> Why don't you ask the Skype developers when they plan to > support ALSA? I did and got (surprise, surprise :) no response... Best regards ce

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> I know my opinion is unpopular, but afaik OSS is more of a > standard in the unix (not linux) world than ALSA is. > There's no way around providing an OSS emulation that works > (i mean sw mixing, etc.) for all those OSS apps that are > multiplatform. Most of these applications use /dev/dsp. Wo

Re: [linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> > the thread, the sound > > daemons will automagically cease to exist once > > developpers realize there > > is no need for them.  But it would be good to speed > > up the process. > > YES to that :-). The desktop soundservers will not disappear. KDE also runs on other platforms than Linux and

Re: [linux-audio-dev] best LL kernel options with ingo molnar's patch

2005-07-06 Thread Christoph Eckert
> any advice on what would be the best kernel options > when using ingo molnar's patch for an audio setup? [...] > CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT:      Complete Preemption (Real-Time) [...] AFAIK this one. Unfortunately, I also try to get decent audio on my 2.6.12 machine but it seems to be tricky. Afte

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [WIP] hdsposc

2005-07-06 Thread Mario Lang
Janina Sajka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Since I finally ordered my Multiface, I also started to write >> a small program which I am going to need since hdspconf and hdspmixer >> are both GUI only. >> >> The idea: >> hdsposc will offer the RME mixer and the metering functionality >> via OSC. >