Re: [Tlf-devel] short confirmation

[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2016 04 Jul 00:19 -0500, Thomas Beierlein wrote:
> Am Sat, 2 Jul 2016 14:13:01 -0500
> schrieb Nate Bargmann <address@hidden>:
> 
> > We conspired.  Ha!
> 
> I guessed so. Feel free to do again...

Naw, it was just luck of the draw.  Really!

> > I seem to recall that the recording feature of Tlf depends on the OSS
> > drivers.  Perhaps we should look into adding ALSA support since it is
> > ubiquitous on Linux these days.
> > 
> Not quite. The recording of the voice keyer messages gets done by the
> external 'rec' command from the sox package. Contest recording itself
> uses also an external script (scripts/soundlog) atm also based on rec.
> Finally playback is handled by 'play'.  (see audio.c for details).
> 
> What still is done with OSS and needs a rewrite to ALSA is the whole
> suite of scanning functions (in same file). But I am not sure if that
> functions are really needed or should better be done by an external
> program.

I think that utilizing debugged external programs is a wise thing to do,
especially given that there are a few choices in this arena.  Some
people still prefer OSS over ALSA.  Some people will have nothing to do
with PulseAudio, etc.

73, Nate

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