Robert Dick wrote: > Is it possible to use dmix with multi? I would like to be able to plug in > external USB speakers and have playback continue through the default and USB > speakers sound cards. Putting dmix after multi results in silent > failure. Putting dmix anywhere in the chain before multi result > in "ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:1464:(_snd_pcm_direct_get_slave_ipc_offset) Invalid > type 'multi' for slave PCM". dmix requires a hardware device (type "hw") because it needs to access the sound card's interrupt. What you can do is to create dmix devices for both hardware devices (the standard definitions "dmix:UA25" and "dmix:Speaker" should already work) and then use a multi device to combine both dmix devices. HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user