bug-hurd
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [task #5485] Design and implement a sound system


From: Esben Stien
Subject: Re: [task #5485] Design and implement a sound system
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 00:29:53 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Thomas Schwinge <INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org> writes:

> translator to be installed on /dev/snd

This was a bad design decision in the linux kernel, or so I
understand. Treating audio IO through a file descriptor is very
bad. The JACK[1] project use a callback model and is the only working
solution for realtime audio.

[1]http://jackaudio.org

-- 
Esben Stien is b0ef@e     s      a             
         http://www. s     t    n m
          irc://irc.  b  -  i  .   e/%23contact
          [sip|iax]:   e     e 
           jid:b0ef@    n     n




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]