Re: gsoc2013 octave audio system

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 17 April 2013 17:16, Vytautas Jancauskas <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso

>> Is it impossible for an audio library to query the operating system at
>> runtime or build time to decide which audio infrastructure to use?
>> Will no other library do this?
>>
>
> It is not possible. For example my system has jack, pulseaudio, alsa
> and oss (I think) all working. Which one is the correct one? The
> answer depends on the circumstances.

I see. Can a reasonable default choice be made at runtime? What about
on non-Linux systems? Our biggest userbase is probably Windows. Will
portaudio work there without making people pick the audio system to
use?

- Jordi G. H.