On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:23:31AM -0400, Nick Guenther wrote:
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> On 10/31/07, Brian A Seklecki (Mobile)
> <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com> wrote:
> > Some *BSD systems are adjusting PCM driver support to allow multiple
> > process to open /dev/dsp / /dev/audio multiple times in-exclusively,
> > mitigating the needs for piss-poor software API multiplex'ing solutions
> > a-la ARTS/ESD.
> 
> Oh awesome! Is /Open/BSD one of those?
> 

no; character devices (such as /dev/audio) keep per-unit state
(encoding, rate, ...). To mix multiple audio streams per-stream
state must be kept. That's why arts/esd/jack/... exist.

-- Alexandre