Re: [linux-audio-dev] sound API libraries, servers, etc.

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] sound API libraries, servers, etc.
From: Abramo Bagnara (abramo_AT_alsa-project.org)
Date: Fri Apr 27 2001 - 10:47:08 EEST

Paul Davis wrote:
>
>
> >MY biggest problem is to keep cross-platform compatiblity. OSS runs on
> >multiple platforms. ALSA's biggest problem is that it currently runs only on
> >Linux and QNX. Not to even mention about f*cking Microsoft APIs.
>
> The AES API doesn't include anything about ALSA whatsoever. The
> AudioEngine implementation just happens to use an
> ALSA::MultiChannelDevice as its underlying I/O object, but this is
> just an internal detail. The exposed API is totally ALSA-free.

The thing that is always forgotten is that alsa-lib API is definitely
Linux free and I think it's a far more complete API than all the current
alternatives.

Perhaps I'll find the time to do a PCM OSS backend as a proof of
concept. 

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It sounds good!

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