On 4/19/07, Nicholas Smethurst <smethurst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > On 4/19/07, nick smethurst <nick.smethurst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I am rather confused that I am getting crossed information when > >> calling snd_names_list > >> and snd_pcm_info in order to gather information about pcm devices. > > > > I think ALSA's new device enumeration API can do this for you. See > > the implementation of aplay -l (or -L, don't remember which) in the > > latest alsa-utils. > Ok, thanks for the hint (no pun intended :) ). > > I see that the pcm_list() function has changed in aplay. The new hints > API looks good. > > However, I note that snd_device_name_hint() does not return hw, plughw, > plug, dmix, etc. Are these obtained elsewhere? I would like to build a > complete list of all available devices in order to allow the user to > select them from a dropdown list in a GUI. Not sure, I don't have access to a machine with a modern ALSA now but the new aplay list function definitely lists those. I do know that yours is exactly the problem it was designed to solve. Lee _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
