[LAU] Newer USB audio interfaces

[Patrick Shirkey]

Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Paul Davis wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:49 AM, Clemens Ladisch <cladisch at fastmail.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Paul Davis wrote:
>>>       
>>>> General point: there will be no linux support for USB2 audio devices
>>>> that looks anything like what currently exists for USB1. There is no
>>>> "class compliant device specification" for USB2 audio at present (and
>>>> my guess is that there will never be one).
>>>>         
>>> Actually, there is (http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs), but
>>> there is no hardware or software that implements it.
>>>       
>> Do you know the reason(s) why?
>>     
>
> I'd guess that Microsoft doesn't ship a driver as long as there is no
> device to test it with, and that nobody builds a device if it does not
> work with Windows.
>
>   

So this could be an opportunity for some savvy marketing.

"ALSA usb-audio drivers are the defacto standard for proving usb 
specifications compliance. If your usb device works with ALSA usb-audio 
out of the box then you can be certain that it is compliant with the usb 
specifications."

This might encourage more companies to develop and test with ALSA so 
they can put the little "compliant" logo on their packaging.









> Best regards,
> Clemens
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