Re: [AD] Sound API

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On May 15, 2004 06:01 am, Chris wrote:
> Lennart Steinke wrote:
> > So, I'd say drop the DX mixer - or do we have any benefits from using it?
>
> Currently there is. It can potentially take advantage of hw mixing if
> the DirectSound driver Windows has allows it. However, due to the way it
> does it, it leaves the system very inflexible as well as preventing
> other drivers from using hw mixing (like ALSA). After my changes are
> fully realized, you'll be able to have hw mixing and be able to control
> the amount of hardware voices used *and* always have the sound system
> work as intended no matter which driver is used (for example, accessing
> audio_stream->smp->data will normally give you the audio data being
> mixed (useful for real-time visualization), but when using the DX mixer
> you'll only see a silent stream). It's basically a case of: take a
> little now, or be patient and get a lot later. Currently, Allegro just
> wants that little bit now.
>
> - Kitty Cat

Sory, but I want it all now :) Bob and others on this list know this 
already :) I don't see any valid reasons why the new mixer should be held off 
for what will likely be months and months (or a year at the current rate) 
before seeing a "stable" version (which most Allegro users use, as the WIPs 
are "unstable"). IMO this is what should have been done in the first place.

I don't get it myself. When someone posts a sane want (or in this case a NEED) 
list, people say "Post a patch! we'll be glad to apply it!", and now here we 
have someone who has done just that, and now its "Maybe later!".

-- 
Thomas Fjellstrom
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http://strangesoft.net




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