From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manuel Jander Subject: Re: Enumerating virtual devices Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:42:37 -0300 Message-ID: <1107175357.3189.5.camel@localhost> References: <200501280209.14823.GregorMueckl@gmx.de> <1106940570.3705.12.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Takashi Iwai , alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Hello, On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 12:56 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:29:30 -0500, > Lee Revell wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 02:09 +0100, Gregor M=FCckl wrote: > > > Hello! > > > Is there a way to enumerate devices like "surround40", "front", "si= de", etc.=20 > > > and other user-created virtual devices? I can't seem to find any fu= nction for=20 > > > that in the documentation. Any hint would be appreciated. [snip!] > Right, no API yet. >=20 > I have a plan to create a new API to list up the available PCMs, but > not implemented yet. IMHO enumeration should not be done just for soundcards, but rather for "devices" and channels. I was proposing something like that in the scope of a Resource Manager and Configuration system for ALSA. Unfortunately i could not go any further beyond some general ideas, because of current very bad employment conditions :( (no time...). I posted my thoughts on the ALSA wiki, if someone may be interested: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=3DDrawingBoard --=20 Manuel Jander Electronic Engineer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl