On 12/26/2009 11:00 AM, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 10:46 +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>
>
>> That will work.
>>
>> Patrick Shirkey
>> Boost Hardware Ltd
>>
> Thanks for the awesomely quick response! Now all i have to do is figure
> out how to change the pulseaudio sink (after i eat my xmas dinner).
>
> I think i may have always been wrong about alsa. I assumed that alsa was
> always the last part of an audio chain. It's the kernel module drivers
> that are always the last step, not alsa. The alsa team just happens to
> work on them. Alsa is really just a server like pulse, jack, or esd (god
> help you).
>
You have alsa-drivers and alsa-lib
alsa-drivers are the last step in the audio chain. alsa-lib gives acess
to working with them. pulse, jack ,etc.. communicate with alsa-lib when
they talk to the sound card.
Cheers.
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
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