From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Shirkey Subject: Re: .asoundrc file Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:32:15 +0900 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3D5CE2BF.2070304@boosthardware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Paul Davis Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Paul Davis wrote: >>>What is the purpose of the ctl.rme9652 declaration? My plugin devices >>>seem to work without it. >>> >> >>It is a configuration for the onboard mixer. Very little is known about >>why we use it. Some programs (JACK) won't work without it. > > > not really. > > the control device for a card is the way that programs modify various, > suprise, "controls" on the card. for many cards, this includes the > mixer, though in the example above, the rme9652 has no mixer. it does > still have a number of controls, however, and JACK needs to be able to > access them. Examples include the digital i/o sync indicators, sample > clock source switch and so on. > Great that's a nice simple explanation. I have added it to the asoundrc page. > as for why the name itself is required: JACK was written to open both > the PCM and control devices using a single name. I felt this was nicer > and less confusing than asking the user to specify two different > names. > Someone might want to submit this as a note too. -- 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: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390