[CentOS] Linux Sound Architecture (Updated)
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
ivazqueznet at gmail.com
Tue Mar 11 18:59:41 UTC 2008
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:59 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> I have been working a while trying to get a big picture of how Linux
> handles sound processing and after much work I have put together this
> little representation of what I have learned.
>
> Please send me any additional comments or components that I may have
> missed.
Some corrections (PulseAudio contains an ALSA module that can redirect
audio back into PA):
> Linux Sound Architecture
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> X Linux Sound Applications X
> X X
X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X X Third-Party APIs X X
X X GStreamer/Phonon/ X Sound X
X X xine-lib X Servers X
X X XXXXXXXXXXXX X
X X X ^ X
X X X esd/aRts/NAS/JACK | X
X X X | X
X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | X
X X aoss X X OSS Compatibility API X X | X
X XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X PA X
X X X | X
X X XXX | X
X X alsa-lib API X >-/ X
X X XXXXXXXXX
X X X
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
X Linux Kernel (ALSA driver) X
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> X Sound Hardware X
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Yes, audio on Linux is a mess.
--
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>
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