From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Shirkey Subject: Re: Just a quick question... Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:44:26 +0900 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3D58C6EA.3030107@boosthardware.com> References: <006c01c2429a$45e35b80$3c01a8c0@apprentice> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from www7.networkshosting.com ([66.96.128.106]) by alsa.alsa-project.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with SMTP id KAA18551 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:40:20 +0200 Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Jim Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Jim wrote: > I beleive that many modern cards have multiple hardware channels (err > not channels' that's like stereo... uhmm streams?) ? You are correct. > I've been browsing > through the documentation, examples, faq's etc, and have found no > refernence to such things... So was wondering, does ALSA support > multiple opens to get multiple hardware (...) to allow the hardware > itself to mix? Is this even a thing? and if not - then what's it mean > when a sound card has 256 channels? (64 3D) ... > It's called hardware mixing and there is not much info availabel about it. There are a few cards/devices with ALSA drivers theat have support for hardware mixing. There are a few that have the capability but no support because the manufacturers refuse to probvide the necessary specifications. > And if it IS supported - any chance that on the driver page a field > could be added that's 'simultaneous opens?' > Maybe not a field but a note. Lets call it [G] :) > Jim > > Maybe I'm asking something that's meaning something other than what I do > mean :) -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. For the discerning hardware connoisseur Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/guide/ ======================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31