Re: [GD-Linux] ALSA/OSS today

[Timothee B. <tt...@id...>]

Brian Hook wrote:

>Can anyone give me a quick summary of the state of ALSA vs. OSS today? 
> It's my understanding that ALSO is considered more modern but that 
>adoption is slower, hence OSS is a bit more reliably available -- but 
>is that still the case, and if it is, is it even relevant for the 
>fraction of Linux users that play games?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brian
>
>  
>
I am not a specialist on sound APIs, but most modern distributions come 
with ALSA. It has become the default API in 2.6 kernels, and is 
considered the default sound API these days. It provides a backward 
compatible OSS device emulation, but it's not always enabled at compile 
time ( and not always working right if you use DMA modes ). Writing 
directly for ALSA is a better choice I think.

TTimo