ports/183586: [patch] vlc 2.1.0 port requires pulse, works fine with oss, too

[Peter Wullinger]

The following reply was made to PR ports/183586; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Wullinger <peter.wullinger+freebsd at googlemail.com>
To: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Cc: wg at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/183586: [patch] vlc 2.1.0 port requires pulse, works fine
 with oss, too
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 14:21:06 +0100

 I cannot verify that, I have audio playing via oss perfectly 
 just right now. 
 
 % vlc --version
 VLC media player 2.1.0 Rincewind (revision 2.1.0-0-gedd8835)
 VLC-Version 2.1.0 Rincewind (2.1.0-0-gedd8835)
 % pkg info vlc   
 vlc-2.1.0_3,4
 % pkg info -x pulse
 pkg: No package(s) matching pulse
 
 vlc -vvvv audiofile.ogg
 [...]
 [0x8021b1050] oss audio output debug: using OSS device: /dev/dsp
 [...]
 
 This is with the native FreeBSD audio drivers.
 Audio plays fine without hickups. I cannot notice any
 problems.