>> Thank you for that. It sounds like whether or not these digital >> conversions take place is dependent on the capabilities of the sound >> card or DAC. >> >> > > That and the audio you are playing. If they match, no alsa conversion. >>> >>> I'm not sure about puleaudio, but I think, like jack, it opens the card >>> at a >>> fixed rate, and >>> everything is converted to that rate. >>> >> >> Great, sounds like jack and pulseaudio are to be avoided. What about >> the Enlightened Sound Daemon? >> > > All sound servers will do this. They are doing software mixing. The > hardware device can only > be run at a single frame rate. Anything that is different than that frame > rate has to be resampled > to match or it can't be played. Is running jack, pulseaudio, or esound enough to jeopordize the bits, or must the audio player support the sound server in order for that to happen? - Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
