[LAU] How do i play 24/96 and 24/192 bit files at native rates and verify that it's happening?

[Patrick Shirkey]

On 12/26/2009 11:00 AM, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 10:46 +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>
>    
>> That will work.
>>
>> Patrick Shirkey
>> Boost Hardware Ltd
>>      
> Thanks for the awesomely quick response! Now all i have to do is figure
> out how to change the pulseaudio sink (after i eat my xmas dinner).
>
> I think i may have always been wrong about alsa. I assumed that alsa was
> always the last part of an audio chain. It's the kernel module drivers
> that are always the last step, not alsa. The alsa team just happens to
> work on them. Alsa is really just a server like pulse, jack, or esd (god
> help you).
>    

You have alsa-drivers and alsa-lib

alsa-drivers are the last step in the audio chain. alsa-lib gives acess 
to working with them. pulse, jack ,etc.. communicate with alsa-lib when 
they talk to the sound card.


Cheers.

Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd