[plug] OSS or ALSA with Oddcast for XMMS?

[Craig Ringer]

Chris Caston wrote:

> I'm just playing around trying to play tracks and recording from the mic
> to a localhost icecast2 server.
> 
> I'm currently using OSS but I have often had troubles trying to do more
> than 1 sound related thing at a time.

That's to be expected with a cheap sound card and OSS, as AFAIK OSS has 
no provision for software mixing (or the drivers are expected to do it 
and most don't).

> Should I start using ALSA?

NFI. Try it and see. IIRC it's designed with software mixing in mind so 
it should help. Alternately, use a sound server like esd or get a decent 
sound card.

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Craig Ringer