Changeset da13524 for multimedia/libdriv/alsa.xml
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multimedia/libdriv/alsa.xml
rc56a420 rda13524 13 13 <?dbhtml filename="alsa.html"?> 14 14 <title>ALSA-&alsa-version;</title> 15 <indexterm zone="alsa"> 16 <primary sortas="g-ALSA-Description">ALSA Description</primary></indexterm> 15 17 16 18 <para>The first question which people tend to ask about <acronym>ALSA</acronym> 17 is why they should use it over the sound drivers included in the kernel—there18 are several reasons. First, the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> drivers support more19 sound cards than those in the kernel. Second, the <acronym>OSS</acronym>20 emulation is in some cases faster and better than the original <acronym>OSS 21 </acronym> driver itself. And finally, there are some programs which can use22 <acronym>ALSA</acronym>'s enhanced features to better drive the sound card. 23 </para>19 is why they should use it over the sound drivers included in the 20 kernel—there are several reasons. First, the <acronym>ALSA</acronym> 21 drivers support more sound cards than those in the kernel. Second, the 22 <acronym>OSS</acronym> emulation is in some cases faster and better than the 23 original <acronym>OSS</acronym> driver itself. And finally, there are some 24 programs which can use <acronym>ALSA</acronym>'s enhanced features to better 25 drive the sound card.</para> 24 26 25 <para><acronym>ALSA</acronym> is also the future of Linux Sound (hence the 26 name <emphasis>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture</emphasis>). The <acronym>ALSA</acronym> 27 drivers were included into the main Linux kernel during the 2.5 development series, 28 and they are now the "standard" sound drivers in the 2.6 stable kernel.</para> 27 <para><acronym>ALSA</acronym> is also the future of Linux Sound (hence the 28 name <emphasis>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture</emphasis>). The 29 <acronym>ALSA</acronym> drivers were included into the main Linux kernel 30 during the 2.5 development series, and they are now the "standard" sound 31 drivers in the 2.6 stable kernel.</para> 29 32 30 33 <para>The following five sections of the book deal with the five separate 31 components of <acronym>ALSA</acronym>: the libraries, the 32 utilities, the tools, the firmware and the <acronym>OSS</acronym> compatibility libraries. 33 </para>34 components of <acronym>ALSA</acronym>: the libraries, the utilities, the 35 tools, the firmware and the <acronym>OSS</acronym> compatibility 36 libraries.</para> 34 37 35 38 </sect1>
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