On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:22:57AM +0000, Daniel James wrote: > Anyone want to defend the use of artsd? I'll take a swing. It's a working way to get multiple stream output for applications. Yes, we would scoff at its performance but that's not important. I don't really care if xmms and gaim have some amount of latency in their playback. All I care is that the sound comes out within a reasonable amount of time. So this would let there be two classes of audio apps - important ones, and unimportant ones ::-). Important apps like ardour can use JACK directly and have synchronized operation and low-latency. Unimportant apps like gaim can just go "bong" at some point when they need to. -- Ross Vandegrift ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. He makes it official. It is a Canon Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them.
