(please never remove any people from the list of recipients when replying, and please do not top-post) On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 09:27:36PM +0200, Olof wrote: > I want to connect my smartphone to my amplifier and then use it as a > virtual soundcard. The actual sound data shall be transmitted over > wireless TCP/IP from my laptop to the smartphone, enabling me to move > around in the flat without wiring. I still don't understand where the actual audio material has its origin, or where it should be sent to, respectively. > Thought a virtual soundcard was a > good idea since it the whole system then would be independent of > application playing sound on the laptop. I intended to do the > compressing & transmission in user space, but perhaps everything can > be done in user space? I wasn't aware of the possibility. Where can I > read more? I think the easiest API to access your existing sound cards and to create virtual sinks and sources is offered by PulseAudio: http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/DeveloperDocumentation In case your distribution uses PulseAudio natively, you souldn't even need to set up anything. HTH, Daniel _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel