Re: Audio Server Strategy Idea Braindump

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Joe Shaw">

> On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 15:48 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 
> >   * Would it be worth handling network sound device configuration at the
> >   HAL level? Some interesting thoughts there. Certainly need better
> >   GNOME config support for this via GConf, yada.
> 
> HAL doesn't really provide configuration for devices, so much as
> properties about that device.  And we don't really have a good remote
> device strategy yet.  HAL also doesn't deal with accessing the hardware
> directly, so esd still comes into play, and we'd need an "address"
> property or something to point clients to that remote device.

Yeah, sorry, the presence of an 'audio device -> thataway' entry in HAL is
configuration enough for me. ;-) Is this something you guys are thinking
about?

- Jeff

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