Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 06:01:00 +1000 From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overview of Linux and FreeBSD sound systems? Message-ID: <2093DFC7-DDE2-4C24-8B37-39549383A150@nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <82992f698294673a9dd3b3934bea07941fe9e7d4.camel@riseup.net> References: <718e2b3e-3c57-d9b5-642e-6f6b54b896ce@Gmail.com> <8159f1281c63c9d11b6545c982427b9272c32455.camel@riseup.net> <ee7ede2e44f31e5d6d05179a99f0506fc81da9a8.camel@riseup.net> <6FD67A3B-E327-4BFA-8F1C-5F3BA01F37B8@nimnet.asn.au> <82992f698294673a9dd3b3934bea07941fe9e7d4.camel@riseup.net>
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On 26 May 2023 12:19:29 am AEST, Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup=2Enet> w= rote: > On Thu, 2023-05-25 at 23:43 +1000, Ian Smith wrote: > > =C2=A0> In the case of Linux ;)=2E > > As was your commentary on different sound systems, Ralf=2E > Hi, >=20 > the OP's request is related to an "Overview of Linux and FreeBSD > sound > systems?" Actually my comentars were not only Linux related=2E Ok; I wasn't having a go at you, just trying to refine towards FreeBSD in = particular=2E > On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 21:16 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > Can anyone point me to an Overview of Linux and FreeBSD sound > systems? > > The base sound system is OSS, right? >=20 > > We also have ALSA, Sox, Pulse, Phonon, Jack, etc=2E >=20 > > These must have special features not in OSS=2E=2E=2E >=20 > IMO I explained in simple words the mentioned "ALSA, Sox, Pulse, > Phonon, > Jack, etc=2E"=2E > "SoX reads and writes audio files in most popular formats" - > https://man=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi?query=3Dsox&sektion=3D1&manpa= th=3Dfreebsd-release-ports >=20 > That's more or less the same as I explained=2E Yes, sox is excellent, while not a sound system per se=2E rec(1) and play= (1) are the first tools I reach for to test basic sound connectivity from c= onsole, and I've used 'spectrogram' and 'stats' effects a lot with generate= d 24bit =2Ewav files=2E > "jackd is the JACK audio server daemon" - > https://man=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi?query=3Djackd&apropos=3D0&sek= tion=3D1&manpath=3DFreeBSD+13=2E2-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=3Ddefault&format= =3Dhtml >=20 > That's more or less the same as I've written=2E Sure, thanks=2E I've only used jackd with ALSA on Linux to feed different= instances of lame(1) making low- and high-res MP3s for regulatory archives= , programme repeats, downloads, and live streaming for a community radio st= ation (from 10 years ago)=2E > "PulseAudio is a networked low-latency sound server for Linux" -=20 > https://man=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi?query=3Dpulseaudio&apropos=3D= 0&sektion=3D1&manpath=3DFreeBSD+13=2E2-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=3Ddefault&for= mat=3Dhtml >=20 > "low-latency" is quite vague=2E jackd is for low-latency, pulseaudio > isn't=2E However, it's another sound server=2E That's what I explained, > too=2E Again, I was wanting to dig into use on FreeBSD in particular=2E I've se= en mixed reviews but little professional analysis=2E > What I explained is true for FreeBSD as well as for Linux=2E There are > some exception as r=2Eg=2E ALSA vs OSS=2E jackd and sox both seem happy to work with OSS or ALSA=2E PulseAudio ment= ions neither, so I'd have to dig deeper=2E Is ALSA on FreeBSD a thing at all? Thanks, Ian
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