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AsyncAwait on Aug 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: A dream of an ultimate OS (1995)

If you want realtime, there's JACK. PA is intended to replace/supplement ALSA, it has features like network transparency, per app volume control, EQ, virtual outputs etc. Not every SW has to have every feature, but PA has useful features ALSA doesn't.

snvzz on Aug 30, 2019 [–]

PA can't supplement ALSA, because PA can't cover all cases. It is not suitable for realtime.

It's an exercise on self-delusion to pretend PA can replace ALSA as long as it has this blatant issue.

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