On the ALSA Web site, you read that ALSA stands for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. Normal users normally don't think about such things as sound architectures, so before I say more about ALSA ...

AudioScience has included an integrated Advanced Linux Sound Architecture and HPI driver for its sound card line. ALSA is a sound card Application Programming Interface for Linux. ALSA became part of ...

I am porting a piece of software to Linux that uses the FMOD 3 API for sound. FMOD supports three output devices: ESD, ALSA, OSS. The box I am working on is running Ubuntu 8.04, using AC'97 integrated ...

Many Firefox users on Linux were left without the ability to play sound in their browser after updating to Firefox 52, released last week. The issue at the heart of this problem is that Mozilla ...

I just upgraded from the fedora stock 2.4 kernel to 2.6.4. I also just switched XMMS and mplayer from esd to ALSA. Now, they work perfectly apart, but if I try to play a music file/video in mplayer ...

Open source development plays a crucial role in shaping the software landscape, offering open access to code for anyone to modify and distribute. This collaborative approach fosters innovation and ...

Linux audio may be confusing for the uninitiated. As a system that has evolved and spawned at least two independent branches over time it tends to produce results that surprise or irritate the user.

As a sound server for Linux, Pipewire 1.4 addresses music production requirements with an extended JACK API and MIDI 2 and contains new codecs. The new version of the ...