About:
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture is composed of several parts. The first is a fully modularized sound driver which supports module autoloading, devfs, isapnp autoconfiguration, and gives complete access to analog audio, digital audio, control, mixer, synthesizer, DSP, MIDI, and timer components of audio hardware. It also includes a fully-featured kernel-level sequencer, a full compatibility layer for OSS/Free applications, an object-oriented C library which covers and enhances the ALSA kernel driver functionality for applications (client/server, plugins, PCM sharing/multiplexing, PCM metering, etc.), an interactive configuration program for the driver, and some simple utilities for basic management.

Release focus: Minor feature enhancements

Author:
ALSA Team <team [at] alsa [dash] project [dot] org> [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.49/10.00 (21 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.alsa-project.org/
Tar/BZ2:
ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/
Changelog:
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Changes_v1.0.17_v1.0.17a
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git
Bug tracker:
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/
Mailing list archive:
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Mailing-lists

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		Developers, End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL), OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Multimedia :: Sound/Audio, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Capture/Recording, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: CD Audio, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Conversion, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: MIDI, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Mixers, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Players, Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Sound Synthesis, Software Development :: Libraries, System :: Hardware, System :: Networking :: Monitoring :: Hardware Watchdog, System :: Operating System Kernels :: Linux

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Stable	1.0.17a	19-Aug-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Development	1.0.18rc3	11-Sep-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
1.0.17a	Minor feature enhancements	19-Aug-2008 15:09
1.0.17	Minor feature enhancements	24-Jul-2008 15:31
1.0.15	Minor feature enhancements	16-Oct-2007 13:50
1.0.14	Minor bugfixes	05-Jun-2007 11:00
1.0.13	Minor bugfixes	15-Jan-2007 18:40
1.0.12	Minor bugfixes	31-Aug-2006 16:09
1.0.11	Minor bugfixes	20-Apr-2006 10:19
1.0.10	N/A	17-Nov-2005 18:45
1.0.9b	Minor bugfixes	15-Jun-2005 08:35
1.0.9	Minor bugfixes	29-May-2005 13:44

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 Comments

[»] ChangeLog link, please?
by Florin Andrei - Feb 4th 2003 12:06:51

It would be nice if the project would have a ChangeLog accessible without downloading the tarball. This way people can sync up with the latest additions in a very simple and quick fashion. IMO, this is a must-have for any open source project.

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[»] Solaris x86
by Shaman - Dec 6th 1999 12:35:45

I sure would like to see this extended to Solaris x86.

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[»] Re: ALSA don't work
by Anders Hermansen - Oct 27th 1999 15:33:32

If you need support with ALSA please look at http://www.alsa-project.org/ and/or write to the alsa-user@alsa-project.org mailing list.

We are always glad to help.

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[»] ALSA don't work
by fringd - Sep 28th 1999 12:28:15

i like that it's opensource and better and stuff.
but i can't make it work. this sucks. anyone know
where more help is available? i've tried the INSTALL
and the mini-HOWTO, but i'm lost.

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[»] ALSA is very good.
by schmoko - Jul 25th 1999 23:04:38

I've been using ALSA for several months, and my experience has been very good. The sound quality is MUCH higher on my OPL3-SAx than it was with the OSS drivers, and it was in fact easier for me to install. I've reccomneded ALSA to several people since then, and they've all preferred it to OSS as well.
Ignore the naysayers here, ALSA is a very good thing and you should give it a try.

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[»] Alsa is great.
by FiRe HaWK - Jul 24th 1999 20:01:53

I love ALSA. Easily set up, easily configured, and great program. I have an AWE 64 sound card which works wonderfully with it, and a ViBRA 16 which doesn't, but I am not surprised, as even OSS is capable of getting it working in 8 bit. Creative seems to have a problem giving the specs on the Vibra. (It uses 2 8-bit DMAs for 16-bit sound.) Anyway, ALSA is great, if you can't get it working, then just stick with OSS, or read the manuals, cuz you don't know what you're missing.

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