On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 23:35 +0200, Jerome Tuncer wrote: > Thanks guys! > > Juuso, I think that's the kind of workaround I needed. > > There are still things I don't really understand with ALSA naming as Lee > mentions: > > Let's take XMMS Alsa output plugin for example. It just asks for a > device and the list displays exactly: > > Périphérique PCM par défaut (default) > MAudio Delta 66: ICE1712 multi (hw:0,0) > Intel ICH5: Intel ICH5 (hw:1,0) > Intel ICH5: Intel ICH5 - IEC1958 (hw:1,4) > ALSA has no good device enumeration API and the device naming is completely undocumented so many applications don't have a good device list. > I tried what you said Lee about just providing a name to the driver, > that is just writing "Intel ICH5" in the textfield and it doesn't seem > to work (I should I have mentioned I have deleted my /etc/asound.conf > and restarted the ALSA drivers)... > You have to use the name from /proc/asound/cards. Did you try entering "default:ICH5"? > How can ALSA refer to a card by just name without me providing the name > in my /etc/asound.conf? > > Sorry for the noob question if it is one (-: > > ++ > > > Jé > > > Lee Revell a écrit : > > On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 20:37 +0200, Jerome Tuncer wrote: > >> What do I have to do so that one order is preserved upon > >> reboot/re-detection of the interfaces? > >> > > > > With correct applications it should not be necessary to do anything; > > ALSA supports addressing devices by name. The .asoundrc should nto be > > needed either - in fact it could cause problems as you have defined the > > default devices to be hw:x which will bypass dmix. > > > > aplay -D default:ICH5 file.wav > > > > should play to the Intel card, and > > > > aplay -D default:Delta66 file.wav > > > > to the Delta66. > > > > Lee > > > > > > >
