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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
=== Hot off the Press === | === Hot off the Press === | ||
| + | (circa 5/29/2013) | ||
Many problems I've encountered have been caused by known problems in Raspbian (see below). Because fixes are in the pipeline, I choose to wait for them to get into the distro via updates. I'm keeping track of them here for my own benefit, you're welcome to ride along... | Many problems I've encountered have been caused by known problems in Raspbian (see below). Because fixes are in the pipeline, I choose to wait for them to get into the distro via updates. I'm keeping track of them here for my own benefit, you're welcome to ride along... | ||
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| + | As of this date, some tres importante fixes still haven't made it into the pipeline, and I'm wondering now if they will -- for the version of Raspbian I'm running. I'll be reviewing this and updating shortly. I'm still pretty frustrated at not being able to use Raspbian for the purposes I have in mind... which in the meantime are hogging up other, less suitable, but more capable hardware. | ||
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| + | ==== Hot Links ==== | ||
| + | 02/09/13 Raspberry PI – getting audio working http://cagewebdev.com/index.php/raspberry-pi-getting-audio-working/ | ||
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| + | 05/29/13 Stumbled across this: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=7107 but beware of the dates! | ||
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==== mmap Kernal Update ==== | ==== mmap Kernal Update ==== | ||
| − | The mmap method for driver communication is not supported in Raspbian at present. This has been solved thanks to [http://martinezjavier.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mmap-support-for-raspberry-pi-bcm2835-alsa-driver/ Javier Martinez Canillas]. The preceeding link will take you to the details. | + | The mmap method for driver communication is not supported in Raspbian at present. This has been solved thanks to [http://martinezjavier.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mmap-support-for-raspberry-pi-bcm2835-alsa-driver/ Javier Martinez Canillas]. The preceeding link will take you to the details. It was dated 4/27/2013 at this writing. |
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| + | Without this kernel fix, at best, ALSA performance will be "challanged". You may also want to wait on this one. | ||
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| + | ==== Jack ==== | ||
| + | Actually, it's "jackd" (the daemon). This popular package has known problems with Raspbian, and various fixes are in the pipeline. | ||
| − | + | ==== Gstreamer ==== | |
| + | Gstreamer and friends (its associated stuff) has known problems on Raspbian. This is unfortunate, because gst123 seems to be the best solution if you want to have a single command-line player that can play mp3, ogg, and FLAC formats. I use it in applications I've built that run on other distros, so I'd like to use it on Raspberry Pi, but sadly that's not possible until the fixes are in. | ||
=== More Introduction === | === More Introduction === | ||
