From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: Dmix and non SND_PCM_TYPE_HW slaves Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:34:05 +0000 Message-ID: <437B6D8D.50101@superbug.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: sameer.kittur@flextronicssoftware.com Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org sameer.kittur@flextronicssoftware.com wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a reason why Dmix cannot use a non SND_PCM_TYPE_HW slave? Is there > no way to re-direct the Dmix output to another plugin or an external I/O or a > filter plugin? > > Thanks, > Sameer. > Why would you want to do this? The purpose of dmix is to simply work around the limitation of the hardware. If you want some other purpose, I would suggest using a sound server like arts or a different approach altogether like using jackd James ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click