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A Sound Server For X

Posted by timothy on from the your-screen-is-talking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "X.org, the organization that governs the evolution of the X11R6 specifications, has released a sound server for X, called MAS. According to their site: 'MAS integrates with a compatible X11 server on your desktop. It processes graphic information locally, alleviating the need for network transmission of uncompressed graphical content. Graphic events are easily synchronized with audio events for professional-quality multimedia and accessibility-enabled applications.'" The X.org site describes MAS as an "affiliated technology" rather than "official," but it is released under the same license. "MAS" stands for "Media Application Server," and it's developed by Shiman Associates.

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  1. Huh by houseofmore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    XMAS

    Ahh.... how sweet. How gay.

    1. Re:Huh by kasperd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Where are my mod points when I need them? That comment was funny. Who dared to moderate it offtopic?

      --

      Do you care about the security of your wireless mouse?
  2. Niles rocks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    8th First post! Happy monday! I drive a Taurus, and I love it!

    1. Re:Niles rocks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      well, damn. Thats not first post. I even used my name. Now i'm all embarrased.

      Well, I do love my taurus.

  3. MAS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But...

  4. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP!!!! Informative *and* Interesting. Any more of that really deep insight you have to share with us?

  5. Re:What's wrong with the old ones? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What does the National Institutes of Health have to do with this? :_|

  6. Based on the website... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/indexframes. html

    ...I got very little faith in these guys.

    (a) Frames? What is this, 1996?
    (b) Worse than that, frames without scrollbars when they're needed (ie. the left and middle frames). Apparently, they tested it on a 1600xsomething monitor and didn't bother to test any lower resolutions (such as, say, 1024x768...)

    Anyway, there's a screenshot if you highlight and scroll down the middle frame...