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James Tanis wrote: |
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>In the Linux kernel it may be deprecated but OSS is not obsolete. Other |
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>operating systems besides Linux need sound after all :). |
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For the kernel, deprecated == likely to be removed soon == obsolete. |
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Now, it is true that only the OSS drivers are deprecated, not the OSS |
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emulation provided by ALSA. |
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I have no problem with applications supporting OSS for operating systems |
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besides Linux, because as you say, that is the standard for those |
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systems. I do have a problem with apps that insist on *only* supporting |
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OSS for Linux. What really bugs me is that most of the offending apps |
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are commercial applications that don't even have ports for Solaris, |
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FreeBSD, etc!! Besides, it isn't like supporting multiple sound APIs is |
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really all that hard.... |
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>>Note that, AFAIK, there is no mixing possible with the OSS API. Your |
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>It does support mixing. |
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According to the dmix HOWTO, you are correct, it should work. I guess I |
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just gave up too easily, and I stand corrected. Thanks. |
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-Richard |
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