[NTLUG:Discuss] Microphone

Chris Cox cjcox at acm.org
Mon Apr 3 21:50:52 CDT 2000


Not sure about 4-front...but ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is
often looked at as being the future for sound on Linux...take
a look:
http://www.alsa-project.org/

Haven't tried any of their drivers yet...but looks very interesting.

Regards,
Chris

Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> 
> Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> >
> >  rec (or sox) is just reading the device file, /dev/dsp or /dev/audio.  To find
> > out whether the driver is actually working, just "cat /dev/dsp" and talk into
> > the mike.  If you don't see data events, the driver is not working.  Start
> > looking for different drivers in OSS, then ALSA or 4-front drivers.
> >
> 
> How do I see data events? What is OSS, ALSA, and 4-front?
> 
> thanks
> Bobby
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