## page was renamed from WartyWarthog/DrainingTheLinuxAudioSwamp
## page was renamed from DrainingTheLinuxAudioSwamp
= Audio support in Ubuntu =

== Agenda ==

 * mixing different audio sources (multiple source/multiple sink)

 * Handling dynamic hardware changes (plugin speakers, new devices)

 * pro audio / games (low latency)

 * terminal clients (remote sound)

 * desktop sound

== Existing solutions ==

 * esound, current solution for warty. gnome/gstreamer talking to esound, esound using alsa/oss-emulation as backend

 * alsa (dmix), existing applications can use it, doesn't need to have an interface to a sound daemon.

 * polypaudio: replacement for esound, currently maintained, same idea, better implementation.

 * jackd: has an approach for realtime capabilities, although not in a secure way, non-standard setup for kernel.

== Realtime Audio ==

 * Two camps, one promoting no/low latency solution (jackd), other "camp" more security concerned.

 * For realtime requirements, either provide a special kernel in universe which can be installed for those requirements, or realtime audio should be encouraged as a dedicated distro, derived from Hoary.

== Hoary goals ==

 * go with polypaudio, gnome goes this way as well.

 * evaluate running the sound daemon as one user process, not necessarily as the user logged in (one instance serving all users).

== Assignments ==

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