Thanks, Janina, I will give these ideas a whirl On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Chuck: > > Part of the problem is that there are several ways to address the cards. > There's the direct way. Here's an example: > > aplay -D hw:1,0 > > Then there's the plugin layer: > > aplay -D plughw:1,0 > > ecasound does it differenty, and I need to leave my computer for a few > hours--so I'm going to rush through the rest. > > You want to use the plug layer because it will allow you to address all > the devices on your card, midi ports for example. > > You might ultimately also want the jack-audio-connection-kit installed > so that many apps can talk to your sound card at the same time, while > maintaining low latency. Jack only does one card for now, though. > > More later. > > Chuck Hallenbeck writes: >> Is anyone using two sound cards on one computer? I am trying to figure >> out how one sends audio to a specific card. The "play" command has no >> options to control output destination that I can find, and the "aplay" >> command documentation is so bad that I cannot figure out how to make the >> "-D" option work. I have not looked closely at other applications yet. >> >> Any tips about using a dual sound card system would be greatly >> appreciated, on list or off list, whichever. >> >> Chuck >> >> >> -- >> The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (77% of Full) >> "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson >> Personal site www.hhs48.com, Download site www.mhcable.com/~chuckh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (79% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Personal site www.hhs48.com, Download site www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
