Re: How do create a dummy device for recording audio? Does it exist already?

[Caleb Crome <alsa@crome.org>]

Caleb Crome wrote:

> Alright, I did what you suggested, and real player comes up and 
> connects to the dummy sound card (I had to do a modprobe snd-pcm-oss 
> and snd-mixer-oss).   However, I don't get a file called 
> /tmp/file.raw.  Is there any way to check how the data is routed? 
> Do I have to do anything to make .asoundrc get reread?
>
>
> Thanks again,
>   -Caleb
>
> Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>
>> Caleb Crome wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Arek Korbik wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> pcm.file {
>>>>   type file
>>>>   slave {
>>>>       pcm "hw:0,0"
>>>>   }
>>>>   file "/tmp/file.raw"
>>>> }
>>>>     
>>>
>>> what do I do with that bit of configuration data?  I found the
>>> /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf, and there is a similar pcm.file entry
>>> in that, but it seems to take parameters.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Put it into your ~/.asoundrc file, or into /etc/asound.conf for all
>> users.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Since I have no sound card, how do I configure my system to use
>>> the dummy PCM driver and use the pcm.file plugin?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> "modprobe snd-dummy" should work.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> Clemens
>>
>>
>>
>>
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