Re: esd

[Luke Yelavich <themuso themuso com>]

At 06:12 PM 29/04/2004, Ron Smits wrote:
> Maybe this is not the right list, but I have the feeling most 'power'
> gnome users read here.
>
> will we ever be rid of esd? and if so, what will be the successor?
> As I see it the most important function of esd is multiplexing numerous
> sound inputs onto 1 sound output (being able to hear the gaim log on
> while listening to internetradio is a good example).
>
> But esd utterly fails when having two sound cards (I have an SBlive! and
> a usb headset). Having spend something like two days fighting with oss,
> alsa and esd to get it all to work I almost switched to a 2.6 kernel
> just to eliminate oss. I really think we need a better way.
>
> comments?

Since ALSA is maturing, I think we need to throw more testing and support 
behind the dmix plugin which can do exactly that.

Luke