Re: alsa-oss

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2006/9/25, Kevin Fenzi <kevin-redhat-devel@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>> "Fibonacci" == Fibonacci Prower <fibonacci.prower@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Fibonacci> Hello, Is there any reason why the alsa-oss package isn't
Fibonacci> part of Fedora? It has been said before (most notably in
Fibonacci> the Fedora forum) that OSS emulation modules are enabled by
Fibonacci> default, and therefore alsa-oss is obsolete, but aoss
Fibonacci> provides extra functionalities impossible to achieve with
Fibonacci> the kernel modules, such as software mixing of output,
Fibonacci> which are very useful for proprietary apps (Flash, Skype,
Fibonacci> etc) that use only OSS.

Fibonacci> http://alsa.opensrc.org/aoss "Usage of aoss is preferred
Fibonacci> over kernel-level OSS emulation because if you need use the
Fibonacci> PCM plugin layer, enabling the use of the Dmix Plugin or
Fibonacci> asym."

Fibonacci> I think that pretty much sums it up.  See the full thread
Fibonacci> on the Fedora forum for more information:
Fibonacci> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=125194

Well, alsa-oss was submitted for review to be added to fedora-extras
quite a while ago.  (In fact it currently has the distinction of being
the new review request with the least recent activity on it).

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187706

You might add a comment there that you need this package and why?

Done.


Fibonacci> Thank you for your time,
Fibonacci> -Fibo

kevin


-Fibo


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