[ut2004] ALSA or OSS

Joel Wiramu Pauling aenertia at aenertia.net
Mon Jan 24 20:24:52 EST 2005


Really? I dunno I have audigy2 so it don't bother me. But I have set up
friends nforce boards to use dmix without issue. 

I suppose it will depend on each system in particular... and if your
anal about those 3-10 frames differences. =-)

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 18:34 -0500, Rick B wrote:
> Tony Jones wrote:
> 
> > Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
> >
> >> I guess that will be greatly dependant on your sound hardware =-)
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 16:25 -0600, Tony Jones wrote:
> >>  
> >>
> >>> Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>
> >>>> Or if you want read the alsa wiki for tips on setting up dmix plugin
> >>>> which will enable psudo multiple streams (works well for most people).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:55 -0400, Spike wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>>
> >>>>> Yeah, get a sound card that can play back multiple streams in 
> >>>>> hardware.
> >>>>> A card based on an emu10k1 chip, such as a soundblaster live works 
> >>>>> well.
> >>>>> In my opinion cards that only play a single stream are junk under 
> >>>>> linux.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:51:40 +0000
> >>>>> Keir Lawson <keir at thelawsons.plus.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Does UT2k4 use alsa or oss, i htought it was alsa - but normally 
> >>>>>> when
> >>>>>>    
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>>>> i
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> play two alsa apps i get sound from both, but i dont get this 
> >>>>>> with ut,
> >>>>>> also, when another alsa app is running it complaings of not being 
> >>>>>> able
> >>>>>> to access /dev/dsp. Is there anyway to get it working on alsa (so 
> >>>>>> that
> >>>>>>    
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>>>> i
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> can run other sound apps in the backgraound)?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Keir Lawson
> >>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>>    
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>       
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>     
> >>>
> >>> What's the overhead in using dmix?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> > nforce2 onboard sound
> >
> >
> >
> I tried dmix with the Nforce2 and it uses so much CPU that it's really 
> not worth it.
> 
>                    Rick B
> 
> 




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