25 Jun
2001
25 Jun
'01
13:59
Hi everyone, Can anyone point me to a _concise_ place to read about sound in Linux? Here is what I am trying to understand: It seems that there are several different ways to support sound hardware in Linux; among them, OSS, Alsa, etc. KDE 2.1 seems to want to use Arts. What I don't understand is how all these sound systems work together. Applications want to use other sound systems, for example XMMS can use OSS, or "default" sound system. Is there some low level set of interfaces that all these sound systems are working with, or are they each trying to manipulate /dev/dsp? When should I use one over the other? Just what does the Arts sound server do, anyway? Thanks to all for sharing their understanding and knowledge! -ronc