Re: [Jack-Devel] How to get mplayer and firefox/flash to play

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DateTue, 20 Dec 2011 20:55:13 -0500
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
ToFons Adriaensen <[hidden] at linuxaudio dot org>
Cc[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org
In-Reply-ToFons Adriaensen Re: [Jack-Devel] How to get mplayer and firefox/flash to play
Follow-UpFons Adriaensen Re: [Jack-Devel] How to get mplayer and firefox/flash to play
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Fons Adriaensen <[hidden]> wrote:

> If you just add the outputs from all client without any scaling
> then there is no 'policy' involved,

what format are the samples in? do you do SRC? how about dithering?
what latency exists for clients that asked for specific values (or
didn't)? how are xruns handled? do i need to go on?

> client gets does not depend on the presence of any other as long
> as the sum doesn't exceed the physical limits. If it does, that
> is the user's problem. Just as it is when e.g. windows from two
> or more apps overlap on the screen.

you might have noticed that X Window does not run in the kernel, for
precisely the same reason that ALSA does not do in-kernel mixing.
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