Subject: Re: software mixing in alsa
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: ross@lug.udel.edu
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Karel Kulhavy <clock@twibright.com>,
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 04:42:49 -0400
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On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 02:30 -0400, ross@lug.udel.edu wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 04:27:44PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > I was hoping somebody would explain how to get 'dmix' plugin working in the
> > kernel - then I could get rid of esd ;)  (Note that running something in
> > userspace that accepts connections, runs dmix on them, and then creates one
> > thing spewing to /dev/pcm isn't a solution - I've already *got* esd, warts and all)
> 
> 
> In all honesty - don't bother.  esd does the job better, faster, more
> flexibly, and without the hassle.
> 

This problem is fixed with the upcoming ALSA 1.0.9 release - dmix will
"just work".  It's been a big area of development lately.

Lee

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