What are the main differences between pipewire and pulseaudio? Which one is better? What are other alternative popular sound servers besides these two?

  • uis@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    https://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm.html

    After application transfers the data in the memory areas, then it must be acknowledged the end of transfer via snd_pcm_mmap_commit() function to allow the ALSA library update the pointers to ring buffer. This kind of communication is also called “zero-copy”, because the device does not require to copy the samples from application to another place in system memory.

    When you tell RTFM expect to see manual stating opposite of your point.

    • Audbol@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      That’s still not direct hardware, if you think you cracked the code then by all means show everyone otherwise, this would be a huge deal for a lot of people

      • uis@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Not direct enough? It literally says it will send your buffer straight to soundcard without creating any additional buffers.

        Other people under this post complain of ALSA being too direct.