From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: _test_channels() / plug:surround51 / Hardware Mixing And dmix / SW or HW Resampling / Volume Control Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:40:59 -0400 Message-ID: <1159454460.7086.23.camel@mindpipe> References: <6.2.1.2.2.20060928013552.16a4b928@mailone.real.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Takashi Iwai Cc: Alsa Developement List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:17 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > ALSA library version 1.0.9rc2 and later is using dmix by default. > > In the case of the sound card supporting hardware mixing, should a > > demanding media application prefers another device name because > > "default" is now configured with dmix? > > Yes. > Really? I thought the "default" device was supposed to do the right thing, hardware mixing or not. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV