The Dark Art of Sound on Linux
I've been trying to get a USB headset to work gracefully with a variety of applications on Linux for quite some time. Recently I had a bit more time to investigate why this is so difficult, and to learn a few things about ALSA. Inspired by Mr. Sterling, I feel compelled to share the results of this ... experimentation.
My purpose here is to provide a snapshot of the state of audio on linux, and to ask the maintainers of various packages to reflect upon their complicity in this sprawling disaster. To prompt them, perhaps, to fix the relatively basic parts of the audio stack before enhancing the crazy extra features that it sports. There is plenty of finger-pointing and pointless whinging about the state of Linux's audio setup, but I haven't found much in the way of a detailed critique.
Let me be clear: every single layer in the Linux audio stack is broken.
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