Re: [Alsa-user] Basic information on alsa needed

2024-10-30 Thread Seamus de Mora via Alsa-user
Thanks for the thoughtful reply Ralf. I'll try to "digest" this, and follow up later. On 10/27/24 7:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2024-10-27 at 18:29 -0500, Seamus de Mora via Alsa-user wrote: What role does 'alsa' play on my systems? Hi, in simple terms, it can be said that ALSA is re

Re: [Alsa-user] Basic information on alsa needed

2024-10-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2024-10-27 at 18:29 -0500, Seamus de Mora via Alsa-user wrote: > What role does 'alsa' play on my systems? Hi, in simple terms, it can be said that ALSA is responsible for the hardware level and provides the kernel modules/drivers. Pipewire is a soundserver that works on top of ALSA. I ca

Re: [Alsa-user] Basic information on alsa needed

2024-10-27 Thread chris hermansen
Seamus and list, On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM Seamus de Mora via Alsa-user < alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I'm a bit confused about where & how 'alsa' fits in the "sound system" > on my Linux computers. > Why not have a read of this Wikipedia article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wik