[Vorbis-dev] [alsa-devel] libao problem (Re: No dmix/dsnoop on Intel ICH4/5 by default?)

[xiphmont at xiph.org]

> The only thing I personally had an actual issue with is using "front" for
> stereo rather than "default". I don't seem able to come up with a compelling
> reason why it should be "front" myself, so one tweak could perhaps be to
> only change the stereo device back to "default"?

Because then you can't guarantee or even discover what the playback
rate and bitdepth are. There's no way to ensure bit-exact playback in
a plug device, where 'front' is usually a non-plug alias.

Like I said, I agree the current situation sucks, and I don't mean to
discourage suggestions :-)

Monty