Audio APIs for Linux

[night_watch]

Some observations on Linux desktop audio APIs.

• ALSA is a nice driver framework. ALSA sucks as a high-level audio API. Stop coding your general desktop use app in it. It is hard to configure and finicky, and most apps that claim to support it (e.g. ZSNES) don't actually support it very well.
• OSS is great if you are living in the days when a Sound

Comments

[night_watch]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that aRts is deprecated anyhow.

I think SDL is an example of the "all software problems can be solved by adding an additional layer of indirection" principle at work. :D