From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:31:02 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [9fans] audio standards -- too many to choose from Topicbox-Message-UUID: 42e97828-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > there are a couple of models for dealing with lots > and lots of standards. there's the tcs/jpg translator > model. but i think the upas/fs model might work better > for audio. you can present a standard menu of resources > and translate on the fly with a fs. might be kind of cool. Instead of writing translators I'd rather pick a single convention that seems the most suitable and fixup the other implementations and clients to fall in line with those conventions. My biggest question is "is it worth my time?" If I spend time unifying the various implementations, will they be accepted back into the mainline or will it be viewed as unnecessary churn... How much do people even care about the audio drivers and they're interfaces at the present time? > - erik Tim Newsham http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/