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From: "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:44:51
Message-Id: AANLkTimDL7BMIsHfy1egYvdjoSklrdec0eY-pB1BELOD@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > On 05/20/2010 08:30 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
3 >>
4 >>  Don't
5 >> even mention OSS4; the sound architecture goes in user space, not the
6 >> kernel.
7 >
8 > I don't care where they go (why the hell should I?), for as long as they
9 > work.
10
11 You should care, because if it breaks inside the kernel, it probably
12 takes away the whole operating system. And then you lose work and
13 you're sad.
14
15 But don't take my word for it; Intel+Nokia are using PulseAudio in
16 MeeGo, and Google it's doing the same with Android. They are making an
17 opinion with their wallets.
18
19 (And doesn't really matters, but I haven't heard that it's possible to
20 switch audio from internal speakers to bluetooth headset with OSS4, so
21 as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't work.)
22
23 Regards.
24 --
25 Canek Peláez Valdés
26 Instituto de Matemáticas
27 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: Phonon + PulseAudio Problem Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>