Re: [PD] OSS/ALSA, DIO-errors

2007-04-26 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Kevin McCoy hat gesagt: // Kevin McCoy wrote: Thanks for the info Derek, I have been getting mad crazy errors with ALSA and now I know to use Jack. Is ALSA really in that rough of shape?? It's always been a pain for me since I run PPC hardware which is very, very poorly supported by

Re: [PD] OSS/ALSA, DIO-errors

2007-04-26 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote: When you start Pd with -oss it will just use ALSA's OSS emulation (and you will use some of the more advanced features, ALSA has to offer). I meant to write and you will *lose* some of the more advanced features. Ciao -- Frank

Re: [PD] OSS/ALSA, DIO-errors (was:Test Audio: just trying to hear anything)

2007-04-25 Thread moritz
IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: mik wrote: take oss instead of alsa in Media. and don't forget to load the snd_pcm_oss module first, to be able to do this! i found that using oss emulation often is a good idea (if you don't care for advanced features, whatever they are), especially if

Re: [PD] OSS/ALSA, DIO-errors

2007-04-25 Thread Derek Holzer
OSS (emulation) and JACK are the interfaces of choice for Linux. Miller never really worked out direct ALSA support, and continues to recommend OSS long after its obsolescence. Of the two, I've found JACK more useful. best, d. moritz wrote: ola, i have also to say that i have often less

Re: [PD] OSS/ALSA, DIO-errors

2007-04-25 Thread Kevin McCoy
Thanks for the info Derek, I have been getting mad crazy errors with ALSA and now I know to use Jack. Is ALSA really in that rough of shape?? It's always been a pain for me since I run PPC hardware which is very, very poorly supported by ALSA unfortunately (I don't think I've had a single