Re: [LAD] [ANNOUNCE] Safe real-time on the desktop by default; Desktop/audio RT developers, read this!

On 06/22/2009 04:20 PM, Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Paul Davis<paul@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>> Finally, as Chris said -
>> many of us are writing apps that target multiple platforms
>>
>
> Well, my comment (from the point of view of applications rather than
> library development) was not so much about portability as simple
> convenience. Regardless of which method is ultimately used to
> establish proper audio scheduling, it would be nice to be able to
> handle it through the same audio API as I am already using. PortAudio
> and JACK APIs both contain some support for this, PulseAudio is the
> odd one out for me.
>
>

As a point of interest and comparison that has very little to do with
this debate, I just noticed that pulseaudio *is* being used in the Palm Pre

http://opensource.palm.com/packages.html

While Jack and Portaudio are not.

--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.

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