[ALSA - driver 0001224]: artsd-like style

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<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1224> 
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Reported By:                Hetfield
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    ALSA - driver
Issue ID:                   1224
Category:                   PCI - ens1370
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Distribution:               
Kernel Version:             2.6.x
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Date Submitted:             07-01-2005 14:49 CEST
Last Modified:              07-03-2005 15:57 CEST
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Summary:                    artsd-like style
Description: 
i'd like to know if that's a roadmap to let alsa drivers have a artsd (or
windows) style, i mean, multiple streams at once.

that could be very important for example using skype voip and listening
music at the same time.
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 pzad - 07-03-05 14:09 
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I can make skype work with dmix (but only if dmix is mono). In this mode it
works ok. Problem is skype doesn't check return value (channel count and
assume mono is supported, but this is not case when dmix is used in stereo
mode).

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 Hetfield - 07-03-05 15:57 
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i haven't undestood if the problem (only in mono) is fixed with another
patch (and so, please submit here) or if it already works actually.

how to check the dmix mono setting?

however i submitted a skype ticket linking this thread, as soon as i got
an answer i'll post here, hoping to fix this problem as soon as
possibile.

the question is: shouldn't skype have the same problem with pure oss
driver? i mean..if it assume mono and not stereo without checks, what's
the difference with dmix?

this is what i thought when i opened this bug, dmix is not fully
transparent to applications, or, apart the init bug, it should let apps
work as pure oss access.
i'm not an alsa expert, never read the code, i may fail of course, but
this is my suspect.

good work.

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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07-01-05 14:49 Hetfield       New Issue                                    
07-01-05 14:49 Hetfield       Kernel Version            => 2.6.x           
07-01-05 20:16 Hetfield       Note Added: 0005337                          
07-01-05 20:33 rlrevell       Note Added: 0005338                          
07-01-05 22:56 Hetfield       Note Added: 0005343                          
07-02-05 18:53 pzad           Note Added: 0005356                          
07-02-05 20:11 Hetfield       Note Added: 0005357                          
07-02-05 21:46 pzad           File Added: aoss-fcntl.patch                    
07-02-05 21:47 pzad           Note Added: 0005361                          
07-03-05 09:25 Hetfield       Note Added: 0005370                          
07-03-05 14:09 pzad           Note Added: 0005376                          
07-03-05 15:57 Hetfield       Note Added: 0005378                          
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