OSS and ALSA

[Mario Lobo]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:12:34 +0100
David Demelier <demelier.david at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21/01/2013 17:23, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
> > 
> > Andriy Gapon <avg at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Yes, SDL Output works fine.  I think that this should be the
> >> default for the
> >> following reasons:
> >> - unlike OSS4 it doesn't require an additional external kernel
> >> driver
> >> - unlike PulseAudio it doesn't require any daemon (and possibly
> >> extra configuration)
> >> - unlike ALSA OSS plugin, SDL code is sane in its usage of OSS API
> > 
> > The "real" OSS support was dropped by audacious somewhere in the
> > past and is
> > unfortunally no longer available.
> > I can switch the default from OSS4 to SDL if this is what the
> > community wants - I have no hard feeling here.
> 
> Yes I think this is a better solution, OSSv4 is an huge port that must
> *replace* the in-kernel mixer/soundcard support.
> 
> Cheers,
> David
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Could one of you show the steps to set SDL as the default sound system
on FBSD instead of OSS?

Thanks,

-- 
Mario Lobo
http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br
FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)