cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agosystemctl status --user pipewirelemmy.worldimagemessage-square128linkfedilinkarrow-up1920arrow-down131file-text
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minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI never understood why we didn’t just stick with ALSA. OSS was crap, certainly, but ALSA seemed to do the job.
minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoDepending on the output device it’s still using ALSA underneath (e.g. Bluetooth output instead is given to the BT stack), PipeWire is dealing with managing and routing the audio output rather than actually performing it.
I never understood why we didn’t just stick with ALSA. OSS was crap, certainly, but ALSA seemed to do the job.
Depending on the output device it’s still using ALSA underneath (e.g. Bluetooth output instead is given to the BT stack), PipeWire is dealing with managing and routing the audio output rather than actually performing it.