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Can Amarok output directly to OSS/ALSA?

April 26, 2017ALSA Amarok directly OSS output

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Can Amarok output directly to OSS/ALSA?

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Yes! Don’t forget that the media must be decoded first! You can’t just pipe an MP3 to ALSA, all you will get is white-noise. Xine is the best choice for most people who want a low-overhead decoding solution, it reads the file, decodes it and pipes the PCM data to ALSA. Exactly like XMMS.