Chris Rankin wrote: > slave { > pcm "plughw:0" > channels 3 > } Please note that the hardware does not support three channels; you will get another conversion here (run aplay with -v to see details). > This > seems to do a reasonable job, but has a fatal flaw - it cannot share > the hardware with the "default" 2.1 PCM device! In fact, it takes at > least 5 seconds for the "default" device to surrender the hardware so > that xine can open my "51to21" device instead. > > Is there a way of using the dmix plugin so that these two distinct PCM devices can share the hardware, please? Replace "plughw:0" with "dmix:0". This will give you the two channels of the standard dmix device; if you want to output four channels, you also have to redefine the dmix device used by "default". Regards, Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user