Advice to an audiophobe ??
Hi;
I have avoided sound technology most of my life. I have a 'tin ear' and
most music just sounds to me like somebody talking in an annoying voice.
However, recent problems with alsa mixer and/or pulseaudio has convinced
me that the time has come to spend some time learning the rudiments of
sound technology. So ...
Can someone recommend a site or manual that explains things like:
* What is the difference between alsa and pulseaudio?
* Which should I choose for the Device: field?
* What is the difference between Master, PCM, Front, Line-in, CD,
PC-Speaker etc. ?
* How is sound related to video ?
* Why are there so many files associated with producing sound?
* Etc., etc., etc.? ?
I have googled, searched Wikipedia, read the PulseAudio documentation as
well as Gnome Help. It all still leaves me befuddled -- either too
simple or two technical. Once I try to throw in the concept of various
'codecs' I am lost.
I am not asking for a personal explanation of the above questions (I
have a bunch more) but all learning suggestions gratefully received.
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Regards Bill
Fedora 10, Gnome 2.24.2
Evo.2.24.2, Emacs 22.2.1