Re: Esound versus Alsa versus GStreamer versus GNOME versus 2.6 versus ...
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:11:04PM +0200, 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.
Notice that at least on powerpc, the 2.6 kernels do not build oss, and you
only have the alsa oss compatibility layer, which i am not sure works nicely
always.
Also, as 2.6 kernels will be the default for etch, and alsa is part of 2.6, it
does make sense.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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