[MPlayer-dev-eng] -ao list brings up a Q: best -ao order?

[Bertrand Baudet]

On Sunday 29 September 2002 11:05 pm, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As now teh audio_out system can fallback to next driver if init() failed,
> we should review the order/priority of ao drivers in audio_out.c.
>
> Now:
>
> oss, arts, sun, sgi, dxr2, null, alsa5, alsa9, esd, nas, sdl, mpegpes, pcm
>
> imho it's far from being optimal priority for trying.
>
> IMHO: we should try the native drivers (dxr2, mpegpes, oss, sun, sgi, alsa
> 9, alsa 5), then the wrappers (nas, sdl, esd, arts), and finally the
> dummies (pcm, null)
>
> but i'm not sure about the wrappers - maybe we should prefer them over the
> native drivers? i hope not :)

The wrappers are in some way better... In my case, my sound card only allows
one card to open the sound device. By using arstd, for example, I can have
several apps to play through the sound server. Of course the app need to
support audio output using arts.

My 2 cents

Bertrand