ALSA driver
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI, and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications (client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.), an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple utilities for basic management.
| Tags | multimedia Sound/Audio Capture/Recording CD Audio Conversion MIDI Mixers Players Sound Synthesis Software Development Libraries Hardware Operating System Kernels Linux Networking Monitoring Hardware Watchdog |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL LGPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 27 Jan 2012 23:06
Release Notes: Many enhancements and bugfixes were made.
- 12 Feb 2011 18:56
Release Notes: Building was fixed for various recent kernel changes. Many minor bugs were fixed. Tons of driver fixes and enhancements were made.
- 25 Dec 2009 21:35
Release Notes: Several enhancements and bugfixes were made.
- 10 Sep 2009 12:41
Release Notes: Minor API improvements were made. Changes were made to card-specific configuration loading.
- 02 Sep 2009 13:23
Release Notes: Miscellaneous bugs were fixed. Several device drivers were enhanced.
Recent comments
ChangeLog link, please?
It would be nice if the project would have a ChangeLog accessible without downloading the tarball. This way people can sync up with the latest additions in a very simple and quick fashion. IMO, this is a must-have for any open source project.
Solaris x86
I sure would like to see this extended to Solaris x86.
Re: ALSA don't work
If you need support with ALSA please look at www.alsa-project.org/ and/or write to the alsa-user@alsa-project... mailing list.
We are always glad to help.
ALSA don't work
i like that it's opensource and better and stuff.
but i can't make it work. this sucks. anyone know
where more help is available? i've tried the INSTALL
and the mini-HOWTO, but i'm lost.
ALSA is very good.
I've been using ALSA for several months, and my experience has been very good. The sound quality is MUCH higher on my OPL3-SAx than it was with the OSS drivers, and it was in fact easier for me to install. I've reccomneded ALSA to several people since then, and they've all preferred it to OSS as well.
Ignore the naysayers here, ALSA is a very good thing and you should give it a try.
perex
25 May 1998 02:56
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