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  1. digraph "Linux Audio Output APIs (current-only)" {
  2. 	node [ shape=ellipse style=filled ];
  4. 	label="Linux Audio Output APIs (current-only)
  5. 	CC-BY 4.0 © 2020-2021 Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier
  6. 	https://hacktivis.me/articles/linux-audio-output";
  7. 	labelURL="https://hacktivis.me/articles/linux-audio-output"
  9. 	subgraph cluster_legend {
  10. 		label="Legend"
  11. 		server [ shape=octagon fillcolor=orange ];
  12. 		driver [ shape=hexagon fillcolor=yellow ];
  13. 		hardware [ shape=box fillcolor=cyan ];
  14. 	}
  17. 	{ rank=same "sound card" "phone modem" bluetooth }
  19. 	"sound card"  [ shape=box fillcolor=cyan ];
  20. 	"phone modem" [ shape=box fillcolor=cyan ];
  21. 	bluetooth     [ shape=box fillcolor=cyan ];
  23. 	portaudio [ URL="https://app.assembla.com/spaces/portaudio/git/source/master/src/hostapi/" ];
  24. 	portaudio -> ALSA;
  25. 	portaudio -> JACK;
  26. 	// through a patch
  27. 	portaudio -> sndio;
  29. 	// https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-pulseaudio-works
  30. 	PulseAudio [ shape=octagon fillcolor=orange URL="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/Modules/" ];
  31. 	PulseAudio -> ALSA;
  32. 	PulseAudio -> "sound card" [ color=green ];
  33. 	PulseAudio -> JACK;
  34. 	PulseAudio -> bluez;
  35. 	PulseAudio -> ofono;
  36. 	"X11 bell" -> PulseAudio;
  38. 	PipeWire [ shape=octagon fillcolor=orange URL="http://pipewire.org/" ];
  39. 	PulseAudio -> PipeWire [ dir=both ];
  40. 	ALSA -> PipeWire [ dir=both ];
  41. 	JACK -> PipeWire [ dir=both ];
  42. 	PipeWire -> bluez;
  43. 	gstreamer -> PipeWire;
  45. 	ofono [ shape=hexagon fillcolor=yellow ];
  46. 	ofono -> "phone modem" [ color=green ];
  48. 	bluez [ label="BlueZ" shape=hexagon fillcolor=yellow ];
  49. 	ALSA -> bluez;
  50. 	bluez -> bluetooth [ color=green ];
  52. 	sox [ URL="http://sox.sourceforge.net/Docs/Features" ];
  53. 	sox -> libao;
  54. 	sox -> PulseAudio [ dir=both ];
  55. 	sox -> ALSA;
  56. 	sox -> sndio;
  58. 	libao [ URL="https://www.xiph.org/ao/" ];
  59. 	libao -> ALSA;
  60. 	libao -> PulseAudio;
  61. 	libao -> NAS;
  62. 	libao -> RoarAudio;
  63. 	libao -> sndio;
  65. 	RoarAudio [ URL="http://roaraudio.keep-cool.org/" ];
  66. 	RoarAudio -> sndio;
  67. 	RoarAudio -> PulseAudio;
  69. 	// Probably incomplete, need some proper documentation
  71. 	libcanberra [ URL="http://git.0pointer.net/libcanberra.git/tree/src/driver-order.c" ];
  72. 	libcanberra -> PulseAudio;
  73. 	libcanberra -> ALSA;
  74. 	libcanberra -> gstreamer;
  76. 	sndio [ shape=octagon fillcolor=orange URL="http://www.sndio.org/" ];
  77. 	sndio -> ALSA [ dir=both ];
  78. 	PulseAudio -> sndio;
  79. 	gstreamer -> sndio;
  81. 	OpenAL [ URL="https://www.openal-soft.org/" ];
  82. 	OpenAL -> PulseAudio;
  83. 	OpenAL -> ALSA;
  84. 	OpenAL -> SoundIO;
  85. 	OpenAL -> portaudio;
  86. 	OpenAL -> JACK;
  87. 	OpenAL -> sndio;
  89. 	SoundIO [ URL="http://libsound.io/" ];
  90. 	SoundIO -> JACK;
  91. 	SoundIO -> PulseAudio;
  92. 	SoundIO -> ALSA;
  94. 	RtAudio [ URL="https://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtaudio/apinotes.html" ];
  95. 	RtAudio -> ALSA;
  96. 	RtAudio -> JACK;
  97. 	RtAudio -> PulseAudio;
  99. 	// This shit is the hardest to find any documentation for
  100. 	JUCE -> ALSA;
  101. 	JUCE -> JACK;
  103. 	ALSA [ shape=hexagon URL="https://alsa-project.org/wiki/Asoundrc#Plugins"  fillcolor=yellow ];
  104. 	ALSA -> "sound card" [ color=green ];
  105. 	ALSA -> PulseAudio;
  106. 	ALSA -> JACK [ dir=both ];
  109. 	// https://wiki.libsdl.org/FAQUsingSDL
  111. 	SDL2 [ label="libSDL-2.0" URL="https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/file/355a4f94a782" ];
  112. 	SDL2 -> ALSA;
  113. 	SDL2 -> JACK;
  114. 	SDL2 -> NAS;
  115. 	// Maybe SDL2 -> "NaCL";
  116. 	SDL2 -> PulseAudio;
  117. 	SDL2 -> sndio;
  120. 	// And then where the hell does it goes?
  121. 	NAS [ shape=octagon fillcolor=orange label="Network Audio System/Server" URL="http://radscan.com/nas.html" ]
  123. 	gstreamer -> ALSA;
  124. 	gstreamer -> JACK;
  125. 	gstreamer -> PulseAudio;
  127. 	phonon -> gstreamer;
  128. 	phonon -> VLC;
  129. 	phonon -> PulseAudio;
  131. 	ClanLib [ URL="https://github.com/sphair/ClanLib/tree/master/Sources/Sound/Platform/Linux" ];
  132. 	ClanLib -> ALSA;
  134. 	allegro [ URL="https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/tree/master/addons/audio" ];
  135. 	allegro -> OpenAL;
  136. 	allegro -> PulseAudio;
  137. 	allegro -> SDL2;
  139. 	telepathy -> "phone modem" [ label="?" fontcolor=red ];
  141. 	VLC [ URL="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/tree/master/modules/audio_output" ];
  142. 	VLC -> ALSA;
  143. 	VLC -> JACK;
  144. 	VLC -> PulseAudio;
  145. 	VLC -> sndio;
  147. 	pcaudiolib [ URL="https://github.com/espeak-ng/pcaudiolib" ];
  148. 	pcaudiolib -> ALSA;
  149. 	pcaudiolib -> PulseAudio;
  151. 	JACK [ shape=octagon fillcolor=orange URL="https://jackaudio.org/" ];
  152. }