Re: [ILUG] multiple sound cards...

From: Aaron McDaid (hoss at domain technologist.com)
Date: Sun 22 Apr 2001 - 20:40:53 IST


On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 05:20:39PM +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 03:36:10PM +0100, Aaron McDaid wrote:
> > there must be an easy way to do mix sound.
>
> yeah, esd.

> why?! what's the point?

But apps have to be esd aware to work. This is the main problem
I have. Does esd create sockets as files which the likes of
mpg123 could pass with a -a switch?

I think any app that writes to /dev/dsp* should work.
Preferably without hacking the kernel to allow multiple
writers to a file.

Isn't one of the UNIX philosophies: Everything should be a file?

> > I don't see why we have to bother with esd or anything like that
> > unless we're doing sound over a network. Mmmm, this daemon I am
> > talking about could handle the networking!
>
> great, you've just invented a more bloated esd! woo-hoo!

But this hypothetical networking thing I'm talking about would
take whats written to /dev/dspX and send it. It would be
relatively transparent.

> kevin

Aaron



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