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On 2013-04-18, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> > ... |
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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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It should be noted that ALSA users can have multiple applications by |
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doing absolutely nothing other than using ALSA and using the |
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applications they want to use. |
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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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Nuno Silva (aka njsg) |
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http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/ |