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LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess

LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess

Posted Sep 21, 2008 23:03 UTC (Sun) by mezcalero (subscriber, #45103)
In reply to: LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess by mlankhorst
Parent article: LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess

PA has "padsp" which is similar to "aoss".

However, this kind of virtualization is always imperfect, won't work for more complex applications that use mmap, or make assumptions about timing and hardware that a software sound server cannot meet.

Doing emulation with LD_PRELOAD is always hacky, incomplete, and can only be a temporary solution that only works in very specific cases.

Lennart


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