[MPlayer-users] oss...alsa....a bit offtopic

[Haas Wernfried]

hello, 
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 11:07:34AM -0400, gabor wrote:
> what does alsa provide that oss doesn't?
what oss can provide according to their website
(www.opensound.com/linux.html):
  OSS/Linux is aimed at the commercial Linux market
  and new Linux users who require products which are
  stable, easy to use and come with technical
  support. If you think saving few hours of work is
  worth $20, then OSS/Linux is for you!

there are also drivers for free afaik, i'm not an expert on oss drivers,
never used them, but i think they work quite good from what i've heard.
don't know exactly what license they are using, but i guess it's not gpl.

alsa is gpl / lgpl, so if you have a few hours spare ("installing" my
sb live 512 with alsa cost me about 5 minutes) alsa might be your choice.
at least it's mine :)

regards
	wernfried

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