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diff --git a/hurd/rump/rumpsound.mdwn b/hurd/rump/rumpsound.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f8f113e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/rump/rumpsound.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag stable_URL]] + +rumpsound lets us use audio devices on the Hurd. There is an +experimental/basic [[hurd rump audio +translator|https://github.com/dm0-/hurd-rump-audio]] that exists. The +translator runs at `/dev/audio`, which is somehow similiar to a +Solaris audio device. Any application that supports pulseaudio, can +play through this device. + +Some Hurd developers, believe that pulseaudio may not be the best +choice for supporting sound on the Hurd. Damien Zammit has several +[[ideas|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2019-11/msg00086.html]] +how to get proper sound support on the Hurd. The [[audio +page|open_issues/audio]] has more information. |