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> > (i) It's a "sound server", a description I don't understand. What |
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> > does it _do_? Why do I want it? It seems to be an unnecessary |
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> > layer of fat between sound applications and the kernel. |
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> If you don't understand the term "sound server" you probably |
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> shouldn't be using Gentoo. |
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> When I'm watching a YouTube video I still want to hear my email |
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> client go bing or my chat program alert me of my buddy coming online. |
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> That's not possible if my web-browser has a hard-wired path into my |
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> soundcard and ain't letting go. |
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Just throwing out there that users can or atleast could use alsa plugs |
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to have multiple applications. I did that before pulseaudio came along |
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to play nfs carbon under cedega and listen to music. |
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Also I have never got around to looking into Jackd but isn't it meant |
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to be by far the best. I know pro audio users use it and I have heard it |
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is not the easiest to set up but is there any reason why it isn't the |
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default setup. |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/JACK |
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From a quick look at this jack can hook up multiple applications that |
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seem to need to be set up individually. What's the scope for Jack |
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a./ replacing pulseaudio |
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b./ having a compat interface layer to make pulseaudio compatible apps |
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talk to jack |
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'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work |
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together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a |
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universal interface' |
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(Doug McIlroy) |
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