23 Nov
2020
23 Nov
'20
11:34 a.m.
On 11/23/20 5:23 PM, stan via devel wrote:
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:47:04 +0100 Andy Mender andymenderunix@gmail.com wrote:
Is ALSA still a valid use case? I thought ALSA support was phased out from most relevant software?
It is for me. I run some audio software that I do not want interrupted while it is running. So, I use pavucontrol to turn it off to pulse and make it available only to alsa. Then, I can directly configure, send commands to, and use the sound device, ignored by pulse. As near as I can tell, it is still available in audacity, as well.
My use case for pure alsa is video grabbing of VHS tapes. Sound is captured at alsa level, I do not want any pulseaudio in the middle.
Regards.
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