Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Great news for JACK & KDE
From: Ross Vandegrift (ross_AT_willow.seitz.com)
Date: Fri Nov 21 2003 - 23:58:12 EET
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 07:19:14AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> example: set mozilla to use arts, set xmms to use arts etc... and
> then go and surf the web, flash, realplayer etc. all do not use arts and
> thus your mozilla blocks (looks frozen) on number of pages... (I suspect
> it's mostly flash, used in banners, not playing any sound but still
> trying to open audio)
::shrugs:: If you use non-free software, you get what you're fed.
If you use free software that doesn't support arts and just needs to go
"boing", adding an arts (or even esd) interface isn't *that* involved.
In fact both have /dev/dsp wrappers that may or may not work already (I
can't say I've ever used said wrappers).
> that's why the problem of multiple applications trying to use
> soundcard has to be solved by something that pretty much everybody uses
That's why JACK is really the key software bit, not arts/esd - JACK
gives a metal interface that lets lower performance apps use a
virtualized interface. JACK can mitigate the hardware, provide high
performance apps high performance, and send out a beep when something
wants it.
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