19 Dec
2003
19 Dec
'03
6:01 a.m.
aguerrier:
Hi
What sort of improvements are we(linux-audio-users) to expect upon
upgrading the kernel of our DAW to 2.6.0? I am asking the question to
get some knowledge and start a nice discussion. I have read 'The
Wonderful World of Linux 2.6' on http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html
There is a nice paragraph on 'audio and multimedia'; it mentions ALSA's
inclusion in the kernel and improvements in USB Audio and MIDI devices
and some upgrade in Video4Linux subsystem, as well.
What does it all mean to our day-to-day productivity? Should I now get
the M-Audio Firewire 410, because its functionality might/probably have
improved?
Any thoughts?
My experience with 2.6, and also the impression I have got from reading
linux-audio-dev, is actually the opposite. The 2.6.0 kernel is worse
for multimedia work, because the latency is higher than 2.4.0 with the
low-latency patch. I don't know mathematical that this is correct, but it
seems so.
Hopefully it is possible to make a low-latency patch for the 2.6 kernel as
well?
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