hda-intel ICH8. Did a fresh linux install on laptop after trying jack, pulse, oss etc. etc. Objective: using only alsa plugins create an .asoundrc that allows having a skype conversation while playing a music track with mplayer CLI merged into the stream that both parties can hear during skype conversation. Tried many things for a week now with no luck yet. Could I get some help from an alsa-guru? Would it be good to play the mplayer music track to the hw0,1 digital or hw0,0 analog and have that merged/bind or a-loop'd into the C-Media USB Headphone which is what's used during the skype conversation. I though that binding/merging would stop the stuttering etc. So, start mplayer (cli) and have the music sent to card 0, (the laptop's internal soundcard) and then a-loop? that into hw1,0 the headset via a very brilliant .asoundrc :-) Help really needed. I'm very stuck. The biggest problem seems to be how to get the music track looped/mixed/snoop'd into the microphone channel so that it's actually heard during the conversation. I think I understand that the cmedia microphone is mono though maybe it's possible to have the music stay stereo and get both left and right tracks panned into mono so nothing is actualy lost. Thank you very much for reading this. aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC1200 Digital [ALC1200 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: default [C-Media USB Headphone Set ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 >arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: default [C-Media USB Headphone Set ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user