Thanks! But if I try "asym" open fails, where can I see what "default" is? There is no ~/.asoundrc and in /etc there is only asound.state. By the way I'am looking for a function to adjust the volume of the stream, any idea Thanks Reiner Eliot Blennerhassett schrieb: > On Thursday 06 March 2008 12:33:54 Reiner wrote: >> with >> snd_pcm_open (handle, "default", SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0) >> I can open a device twice >> with >> snd_pcm_open (handle, "plughw:0,0", SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK, 0) >> the 2. call fails with error -16. >> >> The docu says: >> The default device is equal to plug plugin with hw plugin as slave. > > Probably the doc is in error. The default device these days is usually asym > (dmix+dsnoop) which allows the multiple opens. > > -- > Eliot > www.audioscience.com > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel