Any distro or live operating system with OSS by default?

[Rocker23]

Hello. I've had no luck installing OSS from any packages in AUR, they all have build errors and the git version refuses to download the git repo. Is there any live media that has OSS by default? I really want a live media I can run off USB with a music player software, so I can listen to my hi-fi stereo. I'm using onboard Realtek ALC880/Intel Azalia SB. I bought the motherboard in 2012. I'm not satisfied with Pulse Audio/ALSA's quality. Any direction appreciated. Thank you.

[igorzwx]

Hello. I've had no luck installing OSS from any packages in AUR, they all have build errors and the git version refuses to download the git repo. Is there any live media that has OSS by default? I really want a live media I can run off USB with a music player software, so I can listen to my hi-fi stereo. I'm using onboard Realtek ALC880/Intel Azalia SB. I bought the motherboard in 2012. I'm not satisfied with Pulse Audio/ALSA's quality. Any direction appreciated. Thank you.

There is not "any live media that has OSS by default", as far as I know. However, it is not difficult to create your own.

It seems that even Linux newbies can install OSS4 on Linux Mint Mate without big problems: _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5586
There was a problem with gcc compiler, but it might already be fixed. You may not need to switch to an older gcc version.

You may try OSS4 on a LiveCD without installing anything on your computer:

Step 1: Boot Linux Mint Mate LiveCD.

Step 2: Remove PulseAudio _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5586#p20327

Step 3: Install "prerequisite packages" _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound#Installing_Prerequisite_Packages

Step 4: Download and install the official deb-package from the 4front website _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound#Installing_OSS

You do not need to blacklist ALSA, because OSS4 will remove it: _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5204

If you have enough RAM, you may also try to compile OSS4 on a LiveCD.

All info you may need is here: _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5586

The manual for oss_hdaudio driver is here:

oss_hdaudio - Intel High Definition Audio (AZALIA)
_http://manuals.opensound.com/usersguide/oss_hdaudio.html

You may also need a guide for "hi-fi stereo" with OSS4: _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4423

and a special tool (Petrov's plugin) with which to disable "secret resamplers" of OSS4:
_http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3543&start=90#p19477

If it works, you can easily create "a live media with a music player software" you need.
There is a Linux Mint forum where you may ask questions.

[nuc]

The https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/oss/ package will be is now fully updated and fixed (also for kernel 3.14) in the next few days I assume.

If you bought the OSS license you might be better off installing oss-nonfree: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/oss-nonfree/ (precompiled and already fixed)

It seems that even Linux newbies can install OSS4 on Linux Mint Mate without big problems: _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5586

The thing is: Are Multimedia application like the VLC Player being compiled with OSS support on Mint? Because on ArchLinux, as soon as OSS has been dropped to AUR, OSS support in multimedia Appliacations (at least in VLC) had been dropped, too (sucks). There is a chance that it will be taken back into the repos though (with outstanding issues fixed)...

There was a problem with gcc compiler, but it might already be fixed. You may not need to switch to an older gcc version.

The gcc compiler issue has been fixed downstream in the AUR. Though it looks like the very latets oss release might have a fix for this issue, too: http://sourceforge.net/p/opensound/git/ ... at=regular
(the issue had been concerning memmove)

Good luck
nuc

[igorzwx]

It seems that even Linux newbies can install OSS4 on Linux Mint Mate without big problems: _http://www.opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5586

The thing is: Are Multimedia application like the VLC Player being compiled with OSS support on Mint?

I do not use VLC, and I do not have the latest version of Linux Mint Mate installed.
MPlayer2 seems to work well, and other apps too _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer

You may try it yourself with Linux Mint Mate LiveCD
_http://www.4front-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Applications_for_OSSv4

An advanced "open crap" user may prefer Gentoo Linux:
_http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Gentoo-Linux-from-Ubuntu
_http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-876357-start-0.html
_http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OSS
_http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/

The real problem is hardware support. There is a German firm _www.diawo.de (former _www.besser-pc.de, former "UUU-Shop", see _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPre-installed ) which sells computers with Linux pre-installed.
You can select hardware configuration and Linux distro. Since they publish a detail description of hardware, you may try to assemble such computer yourself.

[nuc]

I do not use VLC, and I do not have the latest version of Linux Mint Mate installed.
MPlayer2 seems to work well, and other apps too _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer

Hm, I do remember this.

[igorzwx]

I do not use VLC, and I do not have the latest version of Linux Mint Mate installed.
MPlayer2 seems to work well, and other apps too _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPlayer

Hm, I do remember this.

That problem was easily solved _http://opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5206
as it was advised in the OSS4 Wiki _http://www.4front-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Applications_for_OSSv4#MPlayer

It seems that you always have strange problems with your Arch Linux. Right?

[nuc]

That problem was easily solved _http://opensound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5206
as it was advised in the OSS4 Wiki _http://www.4front-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Configuring_Applications_for_OSSv4#MPlayer

Right. I just wanted to point out that mplayer has indeed been compiled without OSS support:

If MPlayer2 were compiled to work only with OSS4, such troubles would not happen.

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It seems that you always have strange problems with your Arch Linux. Right?

I suppose you mean issues concerning OSS: Yes of course I run into issues sometimes. The gcc comile bug has been quite severe. Currently I'm unhappy with the dropped OSS support from VLC-Player (and other multimedia applications I guess...).
Why ask? However I do not want to go off-topic here, this @Rocker23's thread.

[igorzwx]

I just wanted to point out that mplayer has indeed been compiled without OSS support:

If MPlayer2 were compiled to work only with OSS4, such troubles would not happen.

What do you mean by "OSS support"?

MPlayer works with OSS4 on Linux Mint, because it was compiled with OSS4 support. Otherwise, it would not work with OSS4.

If you do not believe, you may try MPlayer, MPlayer2 and other apps on Linux Mint Mate LiveCD.

[nuc]

If MPlayer2 were compiled to work only with OSS4, such troubles would not happen.

What do you mean by "OSS support"?

MPlayer works with OSS4 on Linux Mint, because it was compiled with OSS4 support. Otherwise, it would not work with OSS4.

Ah, I'm sincerely sorry you are right of course. Now it makes sense, but I really overread the "only" and right this would not happen if it was compiled only with OSS support. My fault... and I agree, it's pretty cool from the Mint devs to maintain OSS support!

[Matti]

Ah, I'm sincerely sorry you are right of course. Now it makes sense, but I really overread the "only" and right this would not happen if it was compiled only with OSS support. My fault... and I agree, it's pretty cool from the Mint devs to maintain OSS support!

Mint devs have nothing to do with this because the MPlayer that you install comes from Ubuntu repositories which in turn come from Debian. Of course Ubuntu devs could deviate the config and rebuild the packages from Debian without OSS support but fortunately they don't do this.

Also VLC and Audacious have OSS support in Ubuntu.