A Guide Through The Linux Sound API Jungle

Lennart Poettering walks through the Linux sound APIs. A good guide, though a bit pro-GNOME, given Poettering works on GStreamer...

"At the Audio MC at the Linux Plumbers Conference one thing became very clear: it is very difficult for programmers to figure out which audio API to use for which purpose and which API not to use when doing audio programming on Linux. So here's my try to guide you through this jungle..."