This would only apply to the PCM/data side of Alsa right? Not the control/mixer part, as from what I gatherd from the alsa wiki, 'default' is just a name for card 0. Other than that, how can I still use software mixing, but force an application to use hw1 instead of hw0? Lee Revell wrote: > On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 13:26 +0800, wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I'm new to alsa, and get some confused with "default" device and and the >> "hw:0,0" device, do they have any difference? >> i write a very simple media player app, using xine-lib, i modify the >> xine config file, set the "audio.device.alsa_front_device" value to >> "hw:0,0". >> i found that, when the value is "hw:0,0", the program can NOT run more >> than one process at same time(I mean only one process can play >> sound,others hang), >> when the value set to "default", i can run more than one process, and >> every app can play sound at same time. >> so, it seems that, the "default" and he "hw0,0" are not same, and i >> don't know the detail. >> > > Using the hw device bypasses ALSA's software mixing layer and thus only > one app can play at a time. Apps should always use "default" unless you > know what you are doing. > > Lee > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
