At Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:23:10 -0700, John L. Utz III wrote: > > Hi; > > I am sorry for the vagueness of the questions, but now that i have some > understanding of how these files are supposed to work i want to get this > right! > > to support 4.0/5.1/7.1 for the vt1618 codec i have to change a different > set of twiddlers than what is called out in the current version of the > conf file. > > worse yet, the twiddlers called out in the current file dont even *exist* > on the vt1618: > > { > name "Surround Down Mix" > preserve true > value off > lock true > optional true > } > { > name "Center/LFE Down Mix" > preserve true > value off > lock true > optional true > } The "optional true" line means that this control is set up only when it exists. If not present, simply ignored. > How do i add new stuff without breaking old stuff? is there a sub-identity > that i could use? You can add your controls similarly with "optional true" (assume they are unique). Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel