For the list archives.... I had things inside out and upside down for
a while, but finally got things sorted.
What I wanted was a virtual audio cable to pipe output from one app
into a device that could be set as the input for another app. The
answer was module-null-sink and here's how I have it plumbed.
My platform is Ubuntu 11.10, though this is fairly generic.
My ~/.asoundrc
pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}
pcm.!default {
type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
type pulse
}
pcm.vac {
type pulse
device vac
}
pcm.vacmonitor {
type pulse
device vac.monitor
}
In /etc/pulse/default.pa I uncommented and edited one line
load-module module-null-sink sink_name=vac
The end results
amixer -i
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 22037 [34%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 22037 [34%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined penum
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 65536
Front Left: Capture 19194 [29%] [on]
Front Right: Capture 19194 [29%] [on]
pactl list short sinks
0 vac module-null-sink.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
1 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
2 alsa_output.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00-CODEC.analog-stereo
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
3 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING
pactl list short sources
0 vac.monitor module-null-sink.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz
SUSPENDED
1 alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
2 alsa_output.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00-CODEC.analog-stereo.monitor
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
3 alsa_input.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00-CODEC.analog-stereo
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
4 alsa_input.usb-Microsoft_Microsoft___LifeCam_Cinema_TM_-02-CinemaTM.analog-mono
module-alsa-card.c s16le 1ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
5 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz IDLE
6 alsa_input.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo
module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz SUSPENDED
So one app that is properly pulse aware now sees for capture and
playback devices "vac" and "vacmonitor"
My issue now is that the other app I wanted to chain into this does
not seem to have sound implemented completely so it still isn't seeing
it. However my "mystery" in the config is solved now :-).
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