[Cialug] Modern audio

[Josh D. More]

I use PulseAudio except where that doesn't work, and then I fallback to Alsa.

Just like I used to do with Alsa and OSS.

I don't use Jack unless I need to do audio manipulations (podcast editing, and the like)


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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of Daniel A. Ramaley [daniel.ramaley at drake.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 09:30
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: [Cialug] Modern audio

What is the "preferred" method of configuring sound on a Linux box these
days? I use Debian Testing on my desktop machines, and for several years
have been moderately happy with Alsa (though it has never worked as well
for me as the older OSS did back when that was more common). But i
learned recently while installing a new machine that Debian removed the
alsaconf program that is used to configure Alsa. They included in the
notes some hand-waving about that program only being used for old ISA
sound cards, but that's not entirely true as it is the only way i know
to get Alsa working with minimal fuss on modern PCI and integrated sound
cards.

What do other people currently use? Is it time to try Esound?
PulseAudio? Jackd? OSS4 (now that it is finally easily available)?
Something else? I just want something that can--without much
administrative effort--make the speakers do what an audio player tells
them to. I don't need fancy mixing of multiple streams or ultra low
latency or any other advanced features.

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Daniel A. Ramaley
Network Engineer 2

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2407 Carpenter Ave / Des Moines IA 50311 USA
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