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Re:Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD by nyanpasu64 on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:44AM (#26061207)
> "What if I want to replace the Windows Audio... service with something else?"

In Windows Vista, Microsoft rebuilt the audio stack on top of WASAPI, making MME and DirectSound shims which feed into WASAPI. However, they didn't break compatibility, and all APIs more-or-less work nowadays. On Linux, ALSA apps sometimes have trouble picking the right device when talking to PulseAudio, and it's difficult for PulseAudio and Jack to share a single device.

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Re:Migrate Everything from Linux to BSD by Shorel on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:01AM (#26076972)
3D positional sound hardware acceleration was pretty much made incompatible with this change.

And it was great when it worked, I tell you that!

So yes, they did break compatibility.

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