Re: [Jack-Devel] How to get mplayer and firefox/flash to play

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DateTue, 20 Dec 2011 18:45:04 -0500
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
ToFons Adriaensen <[hidden] at linuxaudio dot org>
Cc[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org
In-Reply-ToFons Adriaensen Re: [Jack-Devel] How to get mplayer and firefox/flash to play
Follow-UpFons Adriaensen Re: [Jack-Devel] How to get mplayer and firefox/flash to play 
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Fons Adriaensen <[hidden]> wrote:

> The only thing that ALSA should have provided natively is
> multi-client access.

that implies mixing, in either user space or the kernel.

its prohibited in the kernel since it represents policy, not
mechanism. that leaves user-space, where dmix and the other ALSA
"plugin" method also work but not as reliably or usefully as JACK or
PulseAudio.
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