On 2012-07-27 20:40, Anders Genell wrote:
> Hej August!
>
> If I'm not mistaken choosing the sound card in alsamixer doesn't set it
> as default card but only allows you to set various levels of the card
> for the applications that already do use it.
That was my impression too. However, I got the instruction to do so in
another forum (something which didn't work).
> In order for it to be chosen you either need to set the software to
> choose that particular card, like you did in the second example for
> aplay, or you need to replace the card as the default device in
> /etc/asound.conf (system wide) or ~/.asoundrc (current user only). If
> the don't exist just go ahead and create them as needed.
OK, so there is no way to switch to a different sound card on the fly
with ALSA?
> The code for
> setting N2 as default looks something like
>
>
> pcm.!default {
> type hw
> card "N2"
> }
>
> ctl.!default {
> type hw
> card "N2"
> }
I added the file ~/.asoundrc with the content above and logged
out/logged in but the internal sound card is still used. Is there a log
which ALSA writes to?
Thanks/tack
August
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