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== Bottom Line ==
 
== Bottom Line ==
 
While you can get ALSA working on the Raspberry Pi, it appears only partly supported, maybe buggy, and poorly documented.  If you just want to simply get sound out of the device (like I do), you’ll be fine.  But if you have some desire to do some sound processing with ALSA, your likely to be very frustrated.
 
While you can get ALSA working on the Raspberry Pi, it appears only partly supported, maybe buggy, and poorly documented.  If you just want to simply get sound out of the device (like I do), you’ll be fine.  But if you have some desire to do some sound processing with ALSA, your likely to be very frustrated.
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== Other Audio Systems ==
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Jack - is an audio router system that can coexist with ALSA. I'll be writing more about this soon! Jack involves a yet another server daemon.
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Pulse Audio - this is the audio system that's included with Ubuntu. It coexists with ALSA well, but if you're not aware of both being present, it can get confusing.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
 
Video: [http://blog.scphillips.com/2013/01/sound-configuration-on-raspberry-pi-with-alsa/ Sound configuration on Raspberry Pi with ALSA]
 
Video: [http://blog.scphillips.com/2013/01/sound-configuration-on-raspberry-pi-with-alsa/ Sound configuration on Raspberry Pi with ALSA]

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