Re: Esound versus Alsa versus GStreamer versus GNOME versus 2.6 versus ...
You forget that ALSA is Linux-only. Debian also runs on a freebsd kernel
and on the Hurd (freebsd only does OSS AFAIK, and I don't even know what
the Hurd has for audio, even if it *has* audio at all).
kr,
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Loïc Minier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005, David Gerber wrote:
> > Isn't it better to stay with osssink until GStreamer gets its
> > autoconfiguration feature? ALSA can provide the OSS API but the other way
> > round isn't true.
>
> If we stick with a default of OSS, we'll never get rid of it. OSS
> should now be for people for which ALSA doesn't work at all.
>
> ALSA provides things that OSS failed to provide, and defaulting to OSS
> would probably stop a lot of people from getting advanced
> functionalities, such as 5.1 sound.
> Plus OSS has issues which are not always well addressed in modern
> apps (such as with the number of mixers or muting).
>
>
> This proposal is about some sort of default configuration into ALSA in
> Debian, but it's not meant to hinder access to OSS support: you can
> still prefer OSS packages, and even with ALSA everywhere, you still
> have the OSS compatibility you mention.
>
>
> I don't have any statistics in the number of sound cards not supported
> by ALSA, and I'm certainly not pushing for the removal of OSS, but I'd
> be interested in actual data comparing benefits of ALSA and
> inconvenients of the switch. I only speak from personal experience
> though.
>
> Bye,
Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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