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| − | ALSA or '''Advanced Linux Sound Architecture'''is a project, which seeks to provide MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA has the following significant features. | + | '''ALSA''' or '''Advanced Linux Sound Architecture'''is a project, which seeks to provide MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA has the following significant features. |
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
* Effcient support for all soundcards from consumer to professional multichannel audio devices | * Effcient support for all soundcards from consumer to professional multichannel audio devices | ||
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* ''alsa-lib'' in order to simplify the high level API | * ''alsa-lib'' in order to simplify the high level API | ||
* Support for the older OSS API. | * Support for the older OSS API. | ||
| − | ==ALSA over OSS== | + | ==ALSA over OSS== |
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=Developement API= | =Developement API= | ||
==Tutorials== | ==Tutorials== | ||
==ALSA Library API== | ==ALSA Library API== | ||
==ALSA Documentation== | ==ALSA Documentation== | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 18 August 2006
Contents
Introduction
ALSA or Advanced Linux Sound Architectureis a project, which seeks to provide MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA has the following significant features.
Features
- Effcient support for all soundcards from consumer to professional multichannel audio devices
- Fully modularized sound drivers
- SMP and thread-safe design
- alsa-lib in order to simplify the high level API
- Support for the older OSS API.
