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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: Alsa asynchonus playnback
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:29:53 +0100
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Martin schmidt wrote:
> I want to play audiodata using alsa and do as it is explained in
> http://alsa.opensrc.org/Asynchronous_Playback_%28Howto%29
> http://equalarea.com/paul/alsa-audio.html#interruptex

These links describe two different mechanisms.

> return -38 ( function is not implemented )???

This is one of the reasons why you shouldn't use async notifications.

Is there a reason why you do want to use them?


Regards,
Clemens