2009/2/24 Stefan Bruens <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>:
It does not break hardware mixing - if you had hardware mixing, you would not notice any problems. It avoids using the alsa lib software mixing (dmix), which is a good thing in general, as this would introduce additional latency. PA is much more capable as dmix is. dmix uses a fixed buffer size, meaning constant latency, whereas PAs "buffer rewriting"/glitch-free gives you short latency when you need it combined with low overhead for simple playback of stuff like mp3s or video.
Nope it works too without dmix, and before dmix was available. It's just pulseaudio that breaks it. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org