18 Mar
2000
18 Mar
'00
8:34 p.m.
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Can someone explain to me the pros and cons(if any) of ALSA???? I am still in the embryo OSS drivers and would like some help as it might pertain to better sound ..........
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- ALSA will be the sound driver in future in kernel and oss is thrown out
- ALSA is free OSS is not, OSS-free is always 2 years behind
- ALSA has a multichannel concept, OSS only stereodevices (as far as I Know)
... X) for ALSA there is a lib, for OSS not. Y) ALSA is SMP-ready i think, oss... ? Z) There a lot of soundcards supported by ALSA
... anyway better sound lies in the ears of the ...
mfg winfried