<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250465726618">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250465726618</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vogel@ct.metrocast.net">vogel@ct.metrocast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I thought Ubuntu had a solution for my audio problems when it was said to be<br>
specially packaged for multi-media and the only distribution with an<br>
off-the-shelf RT kernel. Every time I run Rosegarden there is a warning<br>
message that the kernel timing is not good enough. So I determined to<br>
install the UBuntu Studio with the RT kernel.<br>
<br>
What happened ? It didn't recognize my Soundblaster Audigy. It is not clear<br>
how to configure.<br>
<br>
Debian had it much better.<br>
<br>
Couldn't there be more agreement on audio configuration for Linux ? Is<br>
anyone working on a standard ? Shouldn't they be ?<br>
<br>
How about an agreed upon place to specify which sound card to use ...and<br>
which driver.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
Here's a note that appeared on a Debian list from Brian Mullan that<br>
describes some of the issues:<br>
<br>
<br>
- - - - - - - - - - - -<br>
<br>
(Blockquote starts here:)<br>
<br>
A recent Slashdot thread had resonance with my own work in promoting use of<br>
Linux in a very large educational project and problems I'm facing.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/06/19/1937210/State-of-Sound-Development-On-Linux-Not-So-Sorry-After-All" target="_blank">http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/06/19/1937210/State-of-Sound-Development-On-Linux-Not-So-Sorry-After-All</a><br>
<br>
Quite a few contributors to that thread are voicing some fundamental<br>
concerns that problems with seemingly mundane features may hold back Linux<br>
from wider acceptance.<br>
<br>
I know folks comment "well you can figure out a work around it<br>
eventually"...<br>
but the problem is winning over the existing Window's users that might be<br>
thinking about moving to Linux and<br>
unfortunately either just don't have the knowledge or perhaps don't want to<br>
spend the time to figure out "work-arounds" to basic issues like:<br>
<br>
a.. why doesn't my Browser play flash video<br>
b.. or why doesn't my Web sound work (or work right)<br>
<br>
Linux has come a very long way in creating a great computing environment and<br>
Desktop experience.<br>
<br>
One obvious example is how well wireless now seems to work now.<br>
and that is fortunate since the networking market for personal use is almost<br>
exclusively Wireless in the Home now.<br>
<br>
I know the problems with things like Flash maybe isn't something Linux<br>
community can fix directly but they can work more closely<br>
with say Adobe in this instance to get the problem fixed.<br>
<br>
<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Justin Smith" <<a href="mailto:noisesmith@gmail.com">noisesmith@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <<a href="mailto:linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org">linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org</a>><br>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:41 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [LAU] (no subject)<br>
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<br>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 8:09 PM, <<a href="mailto:webmaster@seconnecticut.com">webmaster@seconnecticut.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I have two Ubuntu computers, one running 8.04 and the other running 9.04.<br>
>> Since Ubuntu is said to offer a RT kernel and a version that has been<br>
>> customized for audio work, I was surprised to find that it is not so easy<br>
>> to<br>
>> configure audio in Ubuntu. Debian recognized my SoundBlaster audigy card<br>
>> immediately and used it. For Ubuntu the small app that is supposed to<br>
>> select<br>
>> the sound card doesn't seem to do anything.<br>
>><br>
>> So I started asking questions of Google and found that there are a number<br>
>> of<br>
>> people who are having difficulty configuring Soundblaster on Ubuntu. It<br>
>> looks to be a chronic problem.<br>
>><br>
>> Aside from that SlashDot.org had a link to this last week, although it<br>
>> seems<br>
>> to be vintage 2007.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2007/05/welcome_to_the_jungle.html" target="_blank">http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2007/05/welcome_to_the_jungle.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> There is a map of Linux Audio Applications that looks to be useful<br>
>> documentation. Any comments on the rather critical note ?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> _______________________________________________<br>
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>> <a href="http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user" target="_blank">http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user</a><br>
>><br>
><br>
> Welcome to the list. That map of applications is actually a map of<br>
> drivers, libraries, and daemons, and the ones that get talked about on<br>
> this list are alsa (driver), ffado (driver), jack (daemon), and<br>
> pulseaudio (daemon) mostly. Pulseaudio is controversial. The list<br>
> archives will provide you with many hundreds of pages of flamewars and<br>
> clarifications about these various interfaces for linux audio if you<br>
> find the topic interesting.<br>
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