[linux-audio-user] Common linux audio layer

[Ryan Gallagher]

On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 18:25 +0100, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > Well, I'm using KDE and plan on sticking with it, so this
> > is of interest to me and I expect others getting started on
> > linux/audio.
> 
> Have fun: you'll know confusing things :) .
> 
> > Aren't Gnome and KDE working to be "compatible" ie apps in
> > one run in the other?
> 
> Yeah, freedesktop.org is somehow a common base both try to 
> use.
> 
> Worse: Because there's no common audio layer in linux, I guess 
> that Gnome and KDE will start using a common soundserver, but 
> then again it's again a KDE/Gnome only solution.

I think fd.o hosts MAS (http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/)
That would cover anything using Xorg.

I doubt there will ever be "coreaudio" style linux audio api.  But isn't
this all dealt with by jackd?  I mean couldn't any application written
for jackd run on different audio drivers?  I'm not a programmer, but I
thought jackd already serves as a "common audio layer".

i.e. `alsa' `coreaudio' `dummy' `oss' or `portaudio' support is there.

-ry

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Ryan Gallagher <ruinaudio at comcast.net>