[Freemint-list] /dev/audio general questions

[Helmut Karlowski]

Am 16.10.2016, 12:01 Uhr, schrieb Vincent Rivière:

> Hello.
>
> I have just looked at the /dev/audio device, provided by audiodev.xdd.  
> And
> this brings a few questions.
>
> Is /dev/audio a MiNT-specific device, or is it supposed to be compatible
> with some other OS, such as Solaris or *BSD which use the same device  
> name?
>
> Which MiNT software actually use /dev/audio?

There is a README in sys/xdd/audio which describes the functions.

Some (long) time ago I tried to enhance it for more compatibility, and  
play .snd and .au-formats directly without having to set any parameters  
before on as many platforms as possible but never got to a really stable  
version. Main problem was that TimerA sometimes wasn't available or I  
didn't do it right.
For example you can copy a .snd-file onto /dev/audio and it would play the  
file (in thing drop it to the audio-icon).

-Helmut

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