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[Acronym] for __A__dvanced __L__inux __S__ound __A__rchitecture.

http://www.alsa-project.org/

Unofficial wiki: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Main_Page

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA has the following significant features:

# Efficient support for all types of audio interfaces, from consumer soundcards to professional multichannel audio interfaces.
# Fully modularized sound drivers.
# SMP and thread-safe design.
# User space library (alsa-lib) to simplify application programming and provide higher level functionality.
# Support for the older OSS API, providing binary compatibility for most OSS programs.

ALSA is superceding the OSS api as the sound driver set for the LinuxKernel in 2.6.

12 pages link to ALSA:

ThinkpadNotes
GStreamer
AudioNotes
A531Laptop
TascamAudioInterface
usb/05a9:8519
pci/1102:0002
OpenSoundSystem
NForce2Notes
LinuxKernel2.6
RadioTuner
AlsaNotes

Last edited on Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:38:32 pm by LawrenceDoliveiro

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