On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 01:15 +0100, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 06:44:10PM -0500, Simon Gomizelj wrote: > > > Pulseaudio has been buggy because in many cases they have been the very > > first people to ever make use of some of the more esoteric parts of alsa. > > Those parts also lacked proper documentation and many drivers didn't even > > bother with a proper implementation. > > True. And what PA probably needs most and ALSA does not provide > is a way to provide *lots* of buffering (more than a second, in > cases where latency does not matter), while at the same time > allowing an app to 'review' or 'rewind' this buffering in order > to ensure responsiveness to user commands (such as stop/play for > a player). > > Ciao, > I'm sorry, but did no one notice that I haven't said anything more and have, in fact, dropped this discussion? Who are you arguing with?