RFC: wine ASIO driver available for testing

[Robert Reif]

I just uploaded a simple wine ASIO driver to 
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2161 for testing and feedback.

Please look at it and give me feedback.  Playback works.  Recording is 
untested due to lack of software.  Full duplex doesn't work for me but 
I'm not sure if it's a software issue or a problem with my hardware and 
OS setup.

The software is a long way from being ready for submission so any 
feedback or help would be appreciated.

[Andreas Mohr]

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:14:56PM -0400, Robert Reif wrote:
> I just uploaded a simple wine ASIO driver to 
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2161 for testing and feedback.

Are you sure that those limited recipients were sufficient?
(I don't think anyone here ever does a lot of ASIO app stuff)

Might want to include http://linuxaudio.org/en/contact.html and
http://ladspavst.linuxaudio.org/ people, too...

Thanks for all your work on audio!!

Andreas

[Eric Pouech]

Robert Reif wrote:
> I just uploaded a simple wine ASIO driver to 
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2161 for testing and feedback.
>
> Please look at it and give me feedback.  Playback works.  Recording is 
> untested due to lack of software.  Full duplex doesn't work for me but 
> I'm not sure if it's a software issue or a problem with my hardware 
> and OS setup.
>
> The software is a long way from being ready for submission so any 
> feedback or help would be appreciated.

I'm afraid submission (or integration in the Wine tree) will be problematic
ASIO interface is copyrighted, and you need to sign an agreement to 
Steinberg for using the API.
IANAL, but including derivative work of a copyrighted API will not be 
possible.
But, this doesn't prevent from creating a standalone audio driver.
A+

[Jim White]

Eric Pouech wrote:
> I'm afraid submission (or integration in the Wine tree) will be problematic
> ASIO interface is copyrighted, and you need to sign an agreement to
> Steinberg for using the API.

Are you sure about that?  I see other GPL software using ASIO, like SndOBJ:

http://music.nuim.ie//musictec/SndObj/main.html
> IANAL, but including derivative work of a copyrighted API will not be
> possible.

Then how did Wine get started?

Jim

[Eric Pouech]

Jim White wrote:
> Eric Pouech wrote:
> > I'm afraid submission (or integration in the Wine tree) will be problematic
> > ASIO interface is copyrighted, and you need to sign an agreement to
> > Steinberg for using the API.
>
> Are you sure about that?  I see other GPL software using ASIO, like SndOBJ:
>
> http://music.nuim.ie//musictec/SndObj/main.html

yes, check Steinberg's website
> > IANAL, but including derivative work of a copyrighted API will not be
> > possible.
>
> Then how did Wine get started?

by using public information from Microsoft (and we're still are)
A+