[TriLUG] Re: Why does Linux sound Still SUCK

[James Manning]

[Robby Dermody]
> With Winamp, go to the preferences and see what "output plugin" you're
> using (OSS or alsa, etc)...perhaps you can fiddle there.
> 
> Just a thought if you want to find the culprit,

no idea if this is still the case these days, but if you're sending
sound through Esound (esd), then there's the big sucking noise :)

Also, I tend to turn off artsd as well and just let xmms/* go 
directly to /dev/dsp although I admit to not needing any s/w mixing
of multiple sound streams.
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