> Hi guys, > > we have been shipping pulseaudio (which is quite a CPU hog on embedded > systems) on our rootfs for quite a while now. The main reason not to use alsa > directly was because of mixing, since alsa dmix absolutely does not cut it. > > However just recently I ponder whether I should remove pulseaudio for the time > being. I have been mainly using it to create a click sound (touch feedback), > since ring tone et. al playback goes over gstreamer anyways. > > So... how important is that click sound to you? Would you miss it? Personally, > I love it, since the device kind of vibrates (because it's low enough) hence > I immediately know that the touch has been recognized, even if the UI takes a > bit. However, I know lot of other people hate it. > > If we were to get rid of it, we could ditch pulseaudio and go directly to > alsa. This means no longer being able to mix sounds, but rather stick them > into a queue and play them sequentially. > > Opinions?
I'd miss it probably, I think it's helpful with a touchscreen-only device. Doesn't dmix work at all or are there other problems? I had good result on my desktop system with an ALSA plug->rate->dmix chain. Directly using the dmix 'device' gave me problems in the past though. grtz, Sander _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
