Re: gsoc2013 octave audio system

[Vytautas Jancauskas]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 17 April 2013 17:16, Vytautas Jancauskas <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
>
>>> Is it impossible for an audio library to query the operating system at
>>> runtime or build time to decide which audio infrastructure to use?
>>> Will no other library do this?
>>>
>>
>> It is not possible. For example my system has jack, pulseaudio, alsa
>> and oss (I think) all working. Which one is the correct one? The
>> answer depends on the circumstances.
>
> I see. Can a reasonable default choice be made at runtime? What about
> on non-Linux systems? Our biggest userbase is probably Windows. Will
> portaudio work there without making people pick the audio system to
> use?
>
> - Jordi G. H.

You can always make an educated guess depending on the system. And
then let the user change it if they need something else.