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> For the kernel, deprecated == likely to be removed soon == |
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> obsolete. Now, it is true that only the OSS drivers are |
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> deprecated, not the OSS emulation provided by ALSA. |
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The question is if the ALSA OSS emulation is a good idea. |
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Because it exists, people are not urged to use ALSA. |
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> I have no problem with applications supporting OSS for |
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> operating systems besides Linux, because as you say, that |
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> is the standard for those systems. I do have a problem |
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> with apps that insist on *only* supporting OSS for Linux. |
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That's true. |
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> What really bugs me is that most of the offending apps are |
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> commercial applications that don't even have ports for |
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> Solaris, FreeBSD, etc!! Besides, it isn't like supporting |
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> multiple sound APIs is really all that hard.... |
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> >>Note that, AFAIK, there is no mixing possible with the |
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> >> 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 |
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> work. I guess I just gave up too easily, and I stand |
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> corrected. Thanks. |
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If an application tries to access /dev/dsp, DMIX does - AFAIK |
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- not work transparently. INstead you have to start the |
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application using the aoss wrapper, maybe aoss skype or aoss |
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reaplay. This doesn't work convenient for the user. |
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Furthermore, there seems to be a bug so Skype will crash as |
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soon as it gets invoked via aoss (I don't know if it is a |
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Skype or an aoss bug). |
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So, if want to stay idle for incoming Skype calls, do not |
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start any other sound application because Skype blocks your |
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device... |
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Best regards |
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ce |
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