Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: gogo

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: gogo
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2001 - 16:34:24 EET

Josh Green wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2001-11-05 at 00:32, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> >
> > Alsaplayer will also play .ogg files so you can do it in the native alsa
> > format without having to stoop to the oss emulation layer.
> >
>
> Does it matter? Correct me if I am wrong by all means, but it seems like
> if a program doesn't have strict low-latency requirements the OSS API
> works just fine. Its also more compatible (ALSA having support for OSS
> but not the other way around).

To my ears alsa sounds better but it could be a psycho acoustic
phenomena.

> On a related note, doesn't XMMS have an ALSA output plugin? Has anyone
> tried it as of late with newer ALSA 0.9.0beta releases?
>
> --
> Josh Green
> Smurf Sound Font Editor (http://smurf.sourceforge.net) 

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