On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesin...@gmx.at> wrote: > > Am 06.12.2009 um 15:32 schrieb Roderick Colenbrander: >> This audio engine is quite similar to >> pulseaudio and it offers functionality like per stream volume which >> normal APIs like oss/alsa/openal don't offer, so these APIs would map >> better to a sound server than to a standard library. > I am wondering: Does CoreAudio on OSX offer similar features? Or do we need a > sound server there as well if we want to support them? > > I CC'ed Ken. > > On the big picture I like the Wine WASAPI proposal. I do however think that > we should retain the capability to have multiple backends. Maybe we should go > all-in on PulseAudio with its API if that gives us all needed features, and > use CoreAudio on OSX if it satisfies our needs without a separate sound > server. > > Stefan > >
I just found this document. It is a good summary: http://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=25937 (expand all bullets) Roderick
