Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] What's the best audio IO API on Linux
From: Jussi Laako (jussi.laako_AT_pp.inet.fi)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 19:24:52 EEST
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 09:18, hexe_2003_AT_directbox.com wrote:
> 2.) oss-layers need ioctl() - calls to manage/configure sound devices (and
> ioctl() calls are just possible for root-users !!!!!),so oss is really
> user-unfriendly if you want to programm a application
This is not true.
> 3.) alsa is easier to use for midi / pcm capturing/playback
I can't say anything about MIDI, but not true for pcm capture/playback.
OSS takes about 4-5 lines of code vs ALSA ~30 lines.
My software supports both and I still recommend using the commercial OSS
drivers for it over ALSA because installing and configuring ALSA can be
PITA.
> 4.) both are less documentated ( I can tell you that !!! :) ) , but alsa
> has a few basing programming tuts for C ( c++)
There is a good PDF manual of OSS including tutorials and code samples.
> 5.) alsa is basicly said a "wrapper", a front-end of the oss-arch and it is
> highly recommended to use alsa at all.
ALSA has it's own drivers and it's own native interface. It's able to
emulate OSS at driver level.
-- Jussi Laako <jussi.laako_AT_pp.inet.fi>
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