Click Feedback?
Joseph Reeves
iknowjoseph at gmail.com
Tue Jun 10 16:08:30 CEST 2008
First thing I tried to do when I got my FreeRunner was turn the clicks off ;-)
Getting used to it now though, although I probably wouldn't miss it.
Joseph
On 10/06/2008, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey at openmoko.org> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> we have been shipping pulseaudio (which is quite a CPU hog on embedded
> systems) on our rootfs for quite a while now. The main reason not to use alsa
> directly was because of mixing, since alsa dmix absolutely does not cut it.
>
> However just recently I ponder whether I should remove pulseaudio for the time
> being. I have been mainly using it to create a click sound (touch feedback),
> since ring tone et. al playback goes over gstreamer anyways.
>
> So... how important is that click sound to you? Would you miss it? Personally,
> I love it, since the device kind of vibrates (because it's low enough) hence
> I immediately know that the touch has been recognized, even if the UI takes a
> bit. However, I know lot of other people hate it.
>
> If we were to get rid of it, we could ditch pulseaudio and go directly to
> alsa. This means no longer being able to mix sounds, but rather stick them
> into a queue and play them sequentially.
>
> Opinions?
>
> :M:
>
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