[linux-audio-user] linux/ xbox/ audio??

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Oct 11 06:55:01 EDT 2002


On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 12:03:35 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> > IMHO, the PS2 is a better target. Sony support linux on it, it has decent
> > DSP chips, a faster HD and real USB and firewire ports. Plus its smaller.
> > 
> > I am teaching audio programming for games sytems this year ;)
> 
> SDL-DC also supports sound according to http://sdl-dc.sourceforge.net/
> This in fact means, that you could develop SDL apps on Linux and run
> it on your Dreamcast then. As the Dreamcast has a full blown Free

The dreamcast is quite a lot slower than the xbox or PS2 though and
doesn't have a HD.

The PS2 is capable of some pretty impressive float mangling.

- Steve



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