Re: snd_pcm_hw_params_get_*() without snd_pcm_open(

[Giuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it>]

On 28-Apr-2003 Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> On 27 Apr 2003, Giuliano Pochini wrote:
>
>> I need to read the properties of a pcm device, but snd_pcm_open() blocks
>> or exits with an error if something is using that device. Is there any
>> workaround ?
>
> No, the characteristic of a PCM device is dynamic (might be changed during
> runtime)

Ah, this is a good news :) My card has digital i/o, but the number of
channels changes when the user switches between S/PDIF and ADAT. Now I
can fix it properly.

> thus it's not useful to obtain this information in another way.
> Also, I think that most of applications want to be clever than user,
> simply use device passed by user and try work with it.

I'm writing a mixer. I need some infos I cannot get from the ctl
interface (eg. # of channels). I can register an "info" ctl to pass
the data I need to userspace, but I don't like that hack. And I don't
like to store a list of capabilities of each card inside the mixer.
Any hints ?


Bye.



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