On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 07:55:05AM +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 22:47 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote: > > Excerpts from fons's message of 2010-05-10 22:20:44 +0200: > > > Apart from that, *if* you want 'desktop sound' then PA is probably > > > the best thing since sliced bread. I was *very* surprised to learn > > > that PA at the moment does not have a native API, at least not one > > > Lennart would want to advocate. PA would gain a lot of appeal by > > > providing that. > > > > It surprises me too to read this, especially since there seems to be an > > increasing number of applications that talk to PA directly. So it seems > > that the API is used even without advocation. > > I believe Lennart mentioned that the API is not yet totally stable? Apps > do use it, however, and they will have to be updated if it changes. > That's my understanding, in the least. > What I understood is that the API has become too big and complicated and that Lennart would prefer a cleanup rather than have the current version cast in stone. Another matter is the basic PCM interface Lennart proposed which would include the possibility to review the contents of a large output buffer, providing both interactivity and a low service request rate. -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
