Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:03:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Edd Barrett" <edd@arameus.net> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Shed any light on commercial OSS and ALSA compat Message-ID: <OaCNdNoH.1105967006.3859920.tectonics%2Be.barrett@mail.force9.net>
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Hello there, Im a diehard FreeBSD user, and also a musician. I would like to use some of the new multitrack audio apps that have popped up recently. Howver... some inconsiderate person has developed ALSA. ALSA has made a mockery of portability in my eyes. Most audio developers run linux. So they see no issues with writing thier apps with heavy dependancy upon the ALSA core. I have read that OSS has some kind of ALSA compatibilty in the commercial version. Is this so? If so is it easy to set up ? Will apps recognise OSS libs as alsa (i doubt it). (threaded) OSS is relatively cheap. Should it work (well) i would probably buy it. Im finding digital audio on unix very frustrating. sigh... Thankyou. Edd
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