[SDL] SDL 1.3 audio API proposal...

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> What about the possibility of taking advantage of the platforms mixing 
> capability? Sort of like DirectSound's Primary and Secondary buffers, 
> where the existing SDL audio API would be akin to DS's Primary buffers.

I'd say no...most platforms don't expose hardware buffers beyond what 
DirectSound calls the "primary" one, so you end up mixing on the CPU 
either way.

> I suppose this means effectively integrating part of SDL_mixer into SDL, 
> especially where the target platform has no mixing capability.

Put like that: definitely no.  :)

--ryan.