[linux-audio-dev] which API for best quality output

[hexe_2003 at directbox.com]

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From: S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
To  : linux-audio-dev at music.columbia.edu
Date: 13.10.2003 09:28:51

On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 01:30:52 +0200, hexe_2003 at directbox.com wrote:
> But this wasn't your question ;) .
> jack does NOTHING with quality itsself, because jack is a user-space daemon other
> apps connect to and send data to, which is then outputted via the currently used audio-driver.
> And this is alsa ;)

Thats not /quite/ true, JACK will dither the output (if asked to) which
will improve the audio quality, and if the output of your program is going
to be used by another then JACKs float data will help.

Essentially though, it makes little difference.

- Steve


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Woow, thats interesting! Well, then jack might be the best way to code your OGG-player ;)


Sascha Retzki
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