You can set -+rtaudio=alsa in your .csoundrc file and forget
about it.
Victor
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Hunkins <abhunkin@uncg.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:10 pm
Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: csound on Fedora 11 and rawhide
To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk, pbrobinson@gmail.com
Cc: sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
> I've finally got sound, out of my Asus EeePC900 (Linux) - wonderful.
>
> I'm also in a position to comment on much of what has been
> communicated over
> the last few hours.
>
> 1) The pulseaudio module *must* be downloaded/installed for
> Csound to work
> at all. Pulseaudio-libs is not required.
> 2) Pulseaudio works with either -+rtaudio=pulse, or nothing (I
> guess that
> means it is "patched").
> 3) As long as the separate pulseaudio module is present, ALSA
> also works
> (via -+rtaudio=alsa). ALSA is obviously in the main package
> already
> (apparently as part of pulseaudio).
> 4) Portaudio is indeed completely absent; if you specify -
> +rtaudio=pa [or
> portaudio], Csound crashes.
> 5) IMPORTANT: Pulseaudio latency is very poor; at the end of
> random
> envelopes, it even gives a short additional burst of sound (as
> if needing to
> empty an old buffer). ALSA (-+rtaudio=alsa), OTOH, is very
> responsive and
> totally satisfactory.
>
> Bottom line: if I had my druthers, I'd vote for ALSA as the
> default.
> Nonetheless, I agree with Victor; there is no real problem - as
> long as we
> remember to specify -+rtaudio=alsa, and install the pulseaudio
> module. (I do
> admit this seems a bit convoluted, but such is life and Csound.)
>
> As an aside: I'm still working on getting sound from my Windows box.
>
> Art Hunkins
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Victor.Lazzarini@nuim.ie>
> To: <csound@lists.bath.ac.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:48 AM
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: csound on Fedora 11 and rawhide
>
>
> But there is no problem then, we just have to install the
> csound-alsa package (possibly if the alsa module is not in
> the main package) and use -+rtaudio=alsa.
>
> Victor
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Felipe Sateler <fsateler@gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 4:45 pm
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: csound on Fedora 11 and rawhide
> To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>
> > AFAIK, yes, it was patched. The thing is that apparently the SoaS
> > package is exactly the same one as in fedora. In fedora it
> might make
> > sense to use pulseaudio (since pulseaudio will be running
> anyway and
> > lots of soundcards/drivers do not allow multiple applications
> > writing to
> > them at the same time). I agree that pulseaudio in Sugar does
> > not make
> > much sense, but as long as it's the same package as in fedora,
> I think
> > it will keep being pulse.
> >
> > On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 08:01 +0100, victor wrote:
> > > Well, you can try adding -+rtaudio=pulse. If Csound was not
> > patched, it
> > > would
> > > still look for portaudio.
> > >
> > > Was it patched to find pulseaudio by default? My only
> > misgiving about this
> > > is
> > > that pulseaudio is very high-latency.
> > >
> > > Victor
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Art Hunkins" <abhunkin@uncg.edu>
> > > To: "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson@gmail.com>; "Felipe
> > Sateler"
> > > <fsateler@gmail.com>
> > > Cc: <csound@lists.bath.ac.uk>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:46 AM
> > > Subject: [Csnd] Re: csound on Fedora 11 and rawhide
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'm really excited that Csound now seems to be working on
> > > > Sugar-on-a-Stick.
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting sound written to -odac, but unfortunately am
> > still not hearing
> > > > audio. I imagine my problem is my audio setup.
> > > >
> > > > My <CsOptions> are:
> > > > -odac -m0d --expression-opt -b128 -B2048
> > > >
> > > > This set of options work fine on the XO-1, which is of
> > course Csound5.08
> > > > with alsa as default rtaudio.
> > > >
> > > > SoaS default is now Pulseaudio, about which I know nothing;
> > my log shows
> > > > it is being used, as expected.
> > > >
> > > > I noted that there were also "updates" available for
> > pulseaudio and
> > > > pulseaudio-libs. (I don't believe they were part of Soas
> > Strawberry.) Not
> > > > knowing whether these are now needed, I installed them as
> > well. Still no
> > > > audio.
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, I'm on my WindowsXP system, which has several audio
> > drivers
> > > > installed on it along with a specified (Windows) default.
> > I've no idea if
> > > > this matters.
> > > >
> > > > What am I missing? I assume it's something in <CsOptions>.
> > > >
> > > > I'm hoping that for purposes of my Sugar activity, that the
> > additional
> > > > pulseaudio files will not need to be installed. For kids and
> > their
> > > > teachers and support people, the less that needs to be done
> > the better.
> > > >
> > > > Art Hunkins
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson@gmail.com>
> > > > To: "Art Hunkins" <abhunkin@uncg.edu>; "Felipe Sateler"
> > > > <fsateler@gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: <csound@lists.bath.ac.uk>; "Sugar devel"
> > > > <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 5:12 PM
> > > > Subject: csound on Fedora 11 and rawhide
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Hi All,
> > > >>
> > > >> I think (with the help of Felipe) and after around a
> > million test
> > > >> recompiles :-) I've finally fixed the issues with the
> > csound python
> > > >> bindings on Fedora. The build is now in rawhide and
> fedora-
> > testing for
> > > >> Fedora 11 as of today. The build that your after is
> 5.10.1-
> > 12. For me
> > > >> at least it seems to work OK on Fedora 11 rawhide.
> > PulseAudio is set
> > > >> as the default. I would like to know how it looks to
> > everyone else.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cheers,
> > > >> Peter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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