Re: alsa sound problem

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On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 10:40 -0700, Bob wrote:
> Okay. But since the OP did not mention a specific sound card I assumed
> that you meant that mixing didn't work until 1.0.9 ... and that it did
> on 1.0.9 and later. I guess the part that I don't get is why the card 
> would make a difference ... doesn't alsa just take multiple inputs
> from the sound port and mix them and then output to the card? After
> all, isn't that what a software abstraction layer is for? 

The card matters because some devices handle this mixing themselves, and
it would be inefficient for ALSA to do it also in software.  So ALSA
needs to know which cards lack hardware mixing support.

This was enabled for most cards in 1.0.9 but the ICE1712 and ICE1724
were overlooked.

Lee




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