On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 12:33, csj wrote: > On Wednesday 02 January 2002 01:53, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > > I started researching how to get sound working on my machine and I am > > confused about the following: > > > > * ALSA > > > > * OSS > > You probably know what the letters stands for. The practical difference > between the two is that OSS (the lite version in any case) is in the > kernel source. ALSA is supposed to be the future of Linux sound, but as > of now you have to go the extra mile/km of installing some extra > packages. OSS, if you're lucky, should work out oft the box. To > maintain compatibility with the OSS majority, ALSA has an OSS emulation > layer. Use that if you can't get your favorite video player to work > with ALSA proper (that is you can do "videoplayer --audio OSS" instead > of "videoplayer --audio ALSA"). > > --
Thank you. If I want to focus on learning one thing related to sound (that will be valid now and for the future), I should focus on ALSA, even if it means a little extra work right now. Thank you -- Randy
