On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:59 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > I have been working a while trying to get a big picture of how Linux > handles sound processing and after much work I have put together this > little representation of what I have learned. > > Please send me any additional comments or components that I may have > missed. Some corrections (PulseAudio contains an ALSA module that can redirect audio back into PA): > Linux Sound Architecture > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > X Linux Sound Applications X > X X X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X X Third-Party APIs X X X X GStreamer/Phonon/ X Sound X X X xine-lib X Servers X X X XXXXXXXXXXXX X X X X ^ X X X X esd/aRts/NAS/JACK | X X X X | X X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | X X X aoss X X OSS Compatibility API X X | X X XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X PA X X X X | X X X XXX | X X X alsa-lib API X >-/ X X X XXXXXXXXX X X X > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X Linux Kernel (ALSA driver) X > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > X Sound Hardware X > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Yes, audio on Linux is a mess. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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