Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Reborn
From: günter geiger (geiger_AT_xdv.org)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 13:23:28 EEST
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:57:55 +0200, günter geiger wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Steve Harris wrote:
> > > That was my thought too. As we have seen before, when software is designed
> > > with OSS in mind it can be very hard to refactor it to jack stylee.
> >
> > Does this mean it will be easier to port applications that where designed
> > to use ALSA, or will it be the same ?
>
> No idea. What I actually meant was "open, read, write" apps. I;ve never
> written a raw alsa app, so I don't know what the API is like.
>
> - Steve, pre coffee
Yep, got it.
Actually I think for output only applications you could get off without a
redesign. Just write your data to a buffer and wait until the process()
fetches it. This will introduce a buffer copy, but the overhead is minimal
and you can happily play into your favourite soundeditor. (Which is what
we want).
Guenter
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