[linux-audio-user] flash 9 beta

[Brad Fuller]

Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 11:07 -0700, Brad Fuller wrote:
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>> Lee Revell wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 11:45 -0400, Paul Winkler wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> finally!
>>>> http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/
>>>> seems to work here with firefox 1.5.0.7.
>>>>
>>>> *much* better sound synchronization - i can finally watch stuff on
>>>> youtube without screaming in frustration.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Can someone test whether it works with dmix?  I ran strings on the
>>> binary and the only ALSA device name I saw was "plughw:0,0" which is
>>> worrisome.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to select the sound device?  I couldn't find one.  Surely
>>> it isn't hardcoded to use device 0?
>>>   
>>>       
>> wouldn't it use the facility (for lack of a better word) of the browser?
>> The current browser's use OSS.
>>
>>     
>
> No, it's not the browser that uses OSS but the flash applet.  The flash
> player accesses the sound system directly, it does not go through the
> browser.
>   
Good to know, thanks.
So, is fp9 using OSS or ALSA?