Comments on: Alsa Software mixing with DMix http://www.mindstab.net/wordpress/archives/42 Various projects and musings Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Haplo http://www.mindstab.net/wordpress/archives/42/comment-page-1#comment-8 Haplo Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:12:35 +0000 http://www.mindstab.net/wordpress/archives/42#comment-8 Thanks for the tip. I'll probably start migrating that way. I use mpd because it's still very light wieght. I don't really feel like using Totem or Rhythmbox or other super Gnome-y apps (that also use decent amounts of memory) just to play mp3s, and mpd/gmpc does the trick nicely while still fitting in with my desktop. Also, it makes for easy media key binding, and persistant playlists between reboots and lots of other fun little hacks. Thanks for the tip. I’ll probably start migrating that way.

I use mpd because it’s still very light wieght. I don’t really feel like using Totem or Rhythmbox or other super Gnome-y apps (that also use decent amounts of memory) just to play mp3s, and mpd/gmpc does the trick nicely while still fitting in with my desktop. Also, it makes for easy media key binding, and persistant playlists between reboots and lots of other fun little hacks.

]]> By: sh http://www.mindstab.net/wordpress/archives/42/comment-page-1#comment-7 sh Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:18:26 +0000 http://www.mindstab.net/wordpress/archives/42#comment-7 I suggest doing away with ALSA's OSS-compatibility entirely, as it seems to be pointless. For the odd thing which demands it, there is "aoss", the user-space OSS-to-ALSA wrapper (emerge alsa-oss.) Just about everything of value seems to support/prefer ALSA nowadays. For UT, and anything else which uses OpenAL, the following .openalrc is advised: $ cat .openalrc (define devices '(alsa)) Lastly, I can't imagine why you'd want to run mpd on a laptop. The whole point of it is to separate the "playing" from the "controlling" so that one may do the "playing" on something with decent audio equipment. ALSA's shite is in /dev/snd. I suggest doing away with ALSA’s OSS-compatibility entirely, as it seems to be pointless. For the odd thing which demands it, there is “aoss”, the user-space OSS-to-ALSA wrapper (emerge alsa-oss.) Just about everything of value seems to support/prefer ALSA nowadays. For UT, and anything else which uses OpenAL, the following .openalrc is advised:

$ cat .openalrc
(define devices ‘(alsa))

Lastly, I can’t imagine why you’d want to run mpd on a laptop. The whole point of it is to separate the “playing” from the “controlling” so that one may do the “playing” on something with decent audio equipment.

ALSA’s shite is in /dev/snd.

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