[linux-audio-dev] Re: What Parts of Linux Audio Simply Work Great?

[Christoph Eckert]

> Why not use only ALSA API. There is alsa to jack plugin. If
> someone wants use jack it can be used to route audio to
> jack. Also there are alsa <-> OSS driver plugins. This
> means you can output sound from alsa app to oss driver or
> capture from alsa driver without any source change.

As soon as the card cannot do hardwaremixing, it is blocked 
for all other applications. So I personally think it is a bad 
design if a single application wants to access the ALSA 
device directly and exclusively.

As for the soundservers: If a soundserver grabs the ALSA 
device it is blocked. Therefore (in an optimal world) the 
soundserver should be the central instance for any audio 
application.

Big prob: There still isn't the one and only central 
soundserver instance, but havin one would be wonderful in 
terms of usability and audio straighforwardness.


Best regards


    ce