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flap:
Well presumably I wouldn't have sound at all idf I didn't have the ALSA plugin. Actually I didn't need to install/configure it separately as it 'worked' (I use the term loosely) out of the box.

mobrien_12:

quote:Originally posted by flap:
Well presumably I wouldn't have sound at all idf I didn't have the ALSA plugin. Actually I didn't need to install/configure it separately as it 'worked' (I use the term loosely) out of the box.
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No, that is not true.  ALSA has a compatibility layer for OSS.  The OSS output plugin, the ESD output plugin, the aRTS output plugin all use OSS interfaces.  Only the ALSA output plugin will use the naitive ALSA API.  

Unless you have set XMMS to use the ALSA output plugin, you are using a compatibility layer.

flap:
Ok. Well it was set up to use the ALSA player.

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