A Sound Server For X

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.

Comments

Re:Sounds Good But...

[lewp]

1) Get a time machine.
2) Go back 20+ years.
3) ???
4) Profit.

Re:no mas!

[moosesocks]

X isn't bloated. It's unnecessarily complicated.

Sure, it it has remote desktop capabilities to boot, but they're virtually impossible to configure and use.

To prove that a good, easy unix remote desktop is possible, look at VNC. You can have the same functionality with practically NO configuration (start the daemon, launch the client on the remote end, enter the IP address or domain name, and you're done.)

X11 has a lot of great concepts behind it. They're just implemented in a manner which makes them hard to use.

Either way, these problems should have been corrected 10 years ago. It would be easier to define a new protocol than fix X.