On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > At Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:27:59 +0000, > > Ihar Hrachyshka wrote: > > > > Hello! > > I build my BF533-EZKIT-based board (Blackfin processor development > > board) sound system on AD1386A sound. I use blackfin.uclinux.org > > distribution for it. One of my board's function is to play three > > different stereo sound streams simultaneously on it. What I done is > > choosing for AD1386 '3 stereos' option. After loading the kernel, my > > software is able to open pcm 3 times and plays sound properly, with no > > glitches or smth. The only missed functionality is that I can't > > specify the needed subdevice I want to play a stream on. I should have > > the possibility to play, f.e., mplayer stream on the 3rd stereo output > > while the 1st and the 2nd are not used. How can I do it? > > You can pass three numbers to PCM arguments: card, device and > subdevice. For example, the below will choose card = 0, device = 2, > subdevice = 1, i.e. the secondary substream: > % aplay -Dplughw:0,2,1 That's what I've done: # arecord -c 2 -f dat -d 30 a.wav # aplay -Dplughw:0,0,0 a.wav ALSA sound/blackfin/ad1836.c:924: snd_ad1836_playback_open Playing WAVE 'aAwLvS A isnodu1n di/ biltaecEkdfai,nR/ta d8108 3z6 .tcr:o1 046: snd_ad1836_hw_free ALSA lib ../../../alsa-lib-1.0.12-svn-rev6478/src/pcm/pcm_plug.c:773:(snd_pcm_plug_hw_refine_schange) find an usable access for 'plughw:0,0,0' aplay: set_params:904: Sample format non available # arecord -c 2 -f S32_LE -d 30 a.wav # aplay -Dplughw:0,0,0 a.wav ALSA sound/blackfin/ad1836.c:924: snd_ad1836_playback_open Playing WAVEA'L.SaA' :sSoguen d2/bbtlLatclk fniinn/ aade18803 6z. ct:r1o0 46: snd_ad1836_hw_free ALSA lib ../../../alsa-lib-1.0.12-svn-rev6478/src/pcm/pcm_plug.c:773:(snd_pcm_plug_hw_refine_schange) to find an usable access for 'plughw:0,0,0' aplay: ../../aplay/aplay.c: 919: set_params: Assertion `err >= 0' failed. Aborted by signal Aborted... Though ALSA shows that I have 3 subdevices it doesn't work with plughw:0,0,0..2. What else can I do to iinvestigate the problem? > > > > Also that would be great if I can optionally play the same stream on > > all the outputs. > > You'll need to define a PCM with multi plugin. > > > Takashi > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel