11 Dec
2009
11 Dec
'09
10:43 a.m.
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Paul Davis wrote:
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Kjetil S. Matheussen
<k.s.matheussen(a)notam02.no> wrote:
Something that works, i.e. no crashes, no distortion, no glitches,
no frustration. I'm not talking about hyper-low-latency, just
having to avoid stopping and starting programs that require
sound, ever.
After about 10 years of frustration, I'm a bit tired of alsa.
Does anyone know if OSS supports proper software mixing?
what is "proper software mixing"? if you mean "a floating-point using,
kernel resident blob of code that does software mixing", then yes,
OSS4 supports this. is this "proper" ? open for debate.
I really don't care that much about how it's being implemented.
Sound has worked excellently in windows for many years,
no reason why it shouldn't work in linux either.