From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f32bbeaf2a1de22d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-18 06:47:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: microphone and sound access in Ada Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <6a90b886.0303180318.7f4f013e@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1047998879 12217 129.241.83.78 (18 Mar 2003 14:47:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:47:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35456 Date: 2003-03-18T14:47:59+00:00 List-Id: Adrian Knoth wrote: > > Well, libao is a generic audio-output-library. We might want to use it > or simply cat to /dev/audio :) I think we want it to use /dev/dsp. > This is a later issue. Sure encoding is important, but playback might be > in first release, because it's easier. Agree. > > Nice. I guess we can start right here. It is linked against libogg, so > > It might even be fun to write a binding to the ALSA-API, best case would > be a native kernel-binding. Lutz? On the other hand, a wrapper around > the C-library would work as well. Yes, however the big problem is the /dev/dsp sharing. I mean two programs have to fight for /dev/dsp unless one can use esd or similar. So, I guess the libao might be better if it also works for input. Have to check it though. Preben