| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| 2 | <!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml,v 1.52 2005/06/07 06:25:11 fox2mike Exp $ --> |
2 | <!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml,v 1.53 2005/06/08 19:54:07 fox2mike Exp $ --> |
| 3 | |
3 | |
| 4 | <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
4 | <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
| 5 | |
5 | |
| 6 | <guide link="/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml"> |
6 | <guide link="/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml"> |
| 7 | <title>Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide</title> |
7 | <title>Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide</title> |
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| 16 | |
16 | |
| 17 | <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
17 | <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
| 18 | <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --> |
18 | <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --> |
| 19 | <license/> |
19 | <license/> |
| 20 | |
20 | |
| 21 | <version>2.1</version> |
21 | <version>2.2</version> |
| 22 | <date>2005-06-07</date> |
22 | <date>2005-06-09</date> |
| 23 | |
23 | |
| 24 | <chapter> |
24 | <chapter> |
| 25 | <title>Introduction</title> |
25 | <title>Introduction</title> |
| 26 | <section> |
26 | <section> |
| 27 | <title>What is ALSA?</title> |
27 | <title>What is ALSA?</title> |
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| 81 | <p> |
81 | <p> |
| 82 | The two options are : |
82 | The two options are : |
| 83 | </p> |
83 | </p> |
| 84 | |
84 | |
| 85 | <ol> |
85 | <ol> |
| 86 | <li> |
86 | <li> |
| 87 | Use ALSA provided by your kernel. This is the preferred/recommended |
87 | Use ALSA provided by your kernel. This is the preferred/recommended |
| 88 | method. |
88 | method. |
| 89 | </li> |
89 | </li> |
| 90 | <li> |
90 | <li> |
| 91 | Use Gentoo's <c>media-sound/alsa-driver</c> package. |
91 | Use Gentoo's <c>media-sound/alsa-driver</c> package. |
| 92 | </li> |
92 | </li> |
| 93 | </ol> |
93 | </ol> |
| 94 | |
94 | |
| 95 | <p> |
95 | <p> |
| 96 | We shall take a peek into both before finally deciding on one. |
96 | We shall take a peek into both before finally deciding on one. |
| 97 | </p> |
97 | </p> |
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| 724 | For timidity to play sounds, it needs a sound font. If you do not have any, |
724 | For timidity to play sounds, it needs a sound font. If you do not have any, |
| 725 | install <c>timidity-eawpatches</c> or <c>timidity-shompatches</c> which will |
725 | install <c>timidity-eawpatches</c> or <c>timidity-shompatches</c> which will |
| 726 | give you some sound fonts. You can have multiple sound font configurations |
726 | give you some sound fonts. You can have multiple sound font configurations |
| 727 | installed, and you can place your own in <path>/usr/share/timidity/</path>. |
727 | installed, and you can place your own in <path>/usr/share/timidity/</path>. |
| 728 | To switch between different timidity configurations, you should use the |
728 | To switch between different timidity configurations, you should use the |
| 729 | <e>timidity-update</e> tool provided in the timidity++ package. |
729 | <c>timidity-update</c> tool provided in the timidity++ package. |
| 730 | </p> |
730 | </p> |
| 731 | |
731 | |
| 732 | <pre caption="Installing sound fonts"> |
732 | <pre caption="Installing sound fonts"> |
| 733 | # <i>emerge timidity-eawpatches</i> |
733 | # <i>emerge timidity-eawpatches</i> |
| 734 | # <i>timidity-update -g -s eawpatches</i> |
734 | # <i>timidity-update -g -s eawpatches</i> |
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