On Nov 28, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Yaro Kasear <yaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? Unfortunately it usually takes 10-100x informed responses to negate each FUD riddled one. I would just continue to stand by and absorb the yummy brownies of information. C Anthony [mobile]
