[ale] Remote Sound

[David Corbin]

On Monday 15 September 2003 11:31, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:>
> All I can say is I've looked at the source to esd and I hate it.  It has
> major waeknesses.  I've heard that artsd is better, but never checked it
> out.  I suspect that for system beeps, etc, either is fine and esd is more
> lightweight.  Since I use KDE I use artsd and haven't had problems.
>
> Back when I was building an audio jukebox we did a lot with esd and the
> code base was weak in the audio area.  It also appeared to be unmaintained.
>  We could never find anyone to send patches to.  artsd seems to be
> maintained, which is a Good Thing.
>

Yes.  A very good thing.  Thanks.  Can you perhaps explain what full-duplex 
means in the context of artsd?

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David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>