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==Software mixing?==
"...while adding automatic multiplex sound streams, meaning you can play many sound streams at the same time without a sound server..." For how long has ALSA had this ability? Can anyone verify this? My own reading/experience suggests that ALSA ''can't'' handle mixing different streams. I would check the project's site, but it is mysteriously unreachable right now... --[[User:Dirk Gently|Dirk Gently]] 17:47, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
:you're right, informtaion's wrong. removed it.

:According to [http://alsa.opensrc.org/DmixPlugin this page] on the ALSA wiki, the Dmix plugin is automatically enabled now for hardware that doesn't mix multiple streams. Since I've had a SB Live for a while (it does hardware mixing) I can't personally verifiy if this is the case. That paragraph (or something similar) should be returned to the article. [[User:Imroy|Imroy]] 13:55, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

:The paragraph is wrong, ALSA does not do auto software mixing. Ubuntu Dapper uses Alsa 1.0.10 (fairly recent) and on my Intel snd-hda-intel chipset audio it does not have hardware support and ALSA does not automagically add mixing. I would LOVE it to. Oh and the web site for ALSA does seem down. kw_123

:as of 12/1/2007 or 1.0.14 or Ubuntu 7.10 gutsy there is software mixing, just use the default or plughw interfaces. However some applications may access sound via oss or esd, bypassing alsa, which may prevent the alsa mixing output from reaching the sound card. [[User:Novelist|Novelist]] 22:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

== Move ==

Why don't we move this page to [[Advanced Linux Sound Architecture]]? That's the expansion of the name that the project uses, and we wouldn't need the disambiguating (Linux) afterward. [[User:Twinxor|Twinxor]] ''[[User_talk:Twinxor|t]]'' 19:44, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
::Agreed. In fact, I just came to the talk page to propose this myself. [[User:Ciotog|Ciotog]] 21:47, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

==Replace the image==
Currectly we have a screenshottie of alsa''mixer'' for some reason. What is needed is the [http://www.alsa-project.org/alsalogo.gif ALSA logo]. [[Special:Contributions/85.76.96.57|85.76.96.57]] ([[User talk:85.76.96.57|talk]]) 12:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

== sound server ==
Hi. This article links to software framework. Maybe sound server is better ?--[[User:Adam majewski|Adam majewski]] ([[User talk:Adam majewski|talk]]) 19:10, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
: ALSA is a [[Linux kernel]] component. [[JACK Audio Connection Kit]] and [[PulseAudio]] are [[sound server]] [[daemon (computing)|daemon]]s. [[User:ScotXW]][[User talk:ScotXW|t@lk]] 15:08, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

== AMD TrueAudio ==

Is there support for [[AMD TrueAudio]] in ALSA? [[User:ScotXW]][[User talk:ScotXW|t@lk]] 15:08, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

== Linux sound architecture devel timeline ==
While not fully specific to ALSA only, I plan to post a chart documenting architecture evolution here, which may be helpful for other Linux users.

Rationale: The diagram is supposed to allow now (and also in future!) to get an overview what
is currently used _and_ what has been used in the past, which aids in discerning old man pages, hints and
seeming solutions (which could have become obsolote for example).

[[File:Linux sound arch devel timeline|thumb|Linux sound architecture devel timeline (TODO)]]

Note this is a draft image, with comments/amendments appreciated. [[Special:Contributions/193.175.5.162|193.175.5.162]] ([[User talk:193.175.5.162|talk]]) 15:22, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

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