[linux-audio-user] Common linux audio layer

Lee Revell rlrevell at joe-job.com
Fri Jan 7 11:01:35 EST 2005


On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 14:59 +0100, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > the problem is: i install one app, install another app,
> > both are outputting sound, and it won't work.
> 
> You mean: in the best case, only one of them is putting out 
> sound :) .
> 

dmix

> > you can port open source apps to audio, and blame
> > commercial companies to write apps for alsa
> > (Id did, the new doom III release has alsa support)
> 
> To be honest, they shouldn't support ALSA, they should better 
> support the non existing common unix audio layer.
> 

Why can't ALSA be the common layer?

> > but u still need to struggle around with alsa
> > config, etc.
> 
> Yep. And normal users are not able to do so.

They should not have to.  If you have to hack .asoundrc and google for
hours to get sound working then IT'S A BUG IN YOUR DISTRO.  Please file
a bug report.

Lee




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