This package contains plugins for the 64 bit alsa library that are not included in the main lib64asound2 package.

the following plugins are included, among other:
- jack: play or capture via jack
- oss: run native alsa apps on oss drivers
- pulse: play or capture via pulse audio
- samplerate and speexrate: rate converters
- upmix and vdownmix: convert from/to 2 and 4/6 channel streams
alsa is the advanced linux sound architecture.