At 22 Jul 2003 15:58:12 +0100, Alexander Macdonald wrote: > > Hi > > I understand how to create an alias for a soundcard that uses the dmix > plugin in my asoundrc file and that works. i also understand that if you > call it "default" a well written program that uses alsa will choose to > use it. > > However many alsa programs dont do this (MPlayer is a good example) > instead they access the hw:0,0 i.e. the first hardware card that exists. > This sucks because it completely bypasses the .asoundrc files and makes > dmix effectively useless.
does mplayer have no option to specify the pcm device name? > My question therefore is can i make a virtual soundcard such as one > using dmix appear to be the first actual hardware device available so > that even badly written programs will use it. well, it would be possible by re-defining the pcm.hw. pcm.hw is defined in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf and you can override it by your own definition with the '!' modifier. it's pretty tricky, and i'm not sure whether it works :) Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
