[Cialug] Modern audio

[Jason Warden]

Isn't Jack just an audio layer on top of ALSA or OSS? OSS4 is pretty
good. I've had problems with ESound. Soundcards are so varied you
never know what'll work 'til you hash it out, but I would try OSS4
first.
I've actually done a lot of sound stuff with Linux and ALSA+Jack, if I
can get it working, can do all sorts of things - this isn't for the
original poster, but anyone interested in working with Hydrogen or
some of the fancy MIDI things...



On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
<daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> 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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