Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262206AbVEROBZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 10:01:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262223AbVEROA0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 10:00:26 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:23304 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262203AbVERNub (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 09:50:31 -0400 To: ross@jose.lug.udel.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: software mixing in alsa References: <20050517095613.GA9947@kestrel> <200505171208.04052.jan@spitalnik.net> <20050517141307.GA7759@kestrel> <1116354762.31830.12.camel@mindpipe> <20050517192412.GA19431@kestrel.twibright.com> <200505172027.j4HKRjTV029545@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20050518063014.GA7053@jose.lug.udel.edu> From: Nix X-Emacs: because you deserve a brk today. Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:50:24 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20050518063014.GA7053@jose.lug.udel.edu> (ross@lug.udel.edu's message of "18 May 2005 07:32:44 +0100") Message-ID: <87acms63tr.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 869 Lines: 19 On 18 May 2005, ross@lug.udel.edu uttered the following: > I use esd for all "consumer" level audio apps, and jackd for all > professional audio apps. This is by far the simplest way to manage > audio In my experience, polypaudio replaces esd with something both simpler and more powerful. (Oh, and without esd's *horrible* stutter, interruption, mis-authentication, and code cleanliness problems.) (For the professional stuff there is no replacement for JACK, I agree.) -- `End users are just test loads for verifying that the system works, kind of like resistors in an electrical circuit.' - Kaz Kylheku in c.o.l.d.s - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/