[Openal] Second Life and 1.9.563

[Chris Robinson]

Tofu Linden wrote:
> I'm not subscribed to the non-dev [Openal] list but I discovered this
> thread!
>
> SL (on Linux) uses OpenAL for UI/world/ambient sounds.
>
> It uses a 3rd-party process (Vivox) for Voice input/output, but as
> it happens that process also uses OpenAL (the same .so).
>
> *Streaming* music and video are handled by GStreamer, which chooses
> whatever back-end API it likes.
>
> Hope that helps!

Indeed, quite helpful, thanks. Then it's quite likely that there's (yet 
another *sigh*) issue with PulseAudio. At least it gives me some place to 
look.