> 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 :)
I've followed your advice and here's my asoundrc so far:-
//just an alias for my main soundcard
pcm.maincard {
type hw
card 0
}
ctl.maincard {
type hw
card 0
}
//an alias for the dmix plugin which will then use the maincard
pcm.mixmonkey {
type dmix
ipc_key 1234
ipc_key_add_uid true
slave {
pcm maincard
format "S16_LE"
rate 48000
}
}
//now lets override pcm.hw and pcm.default
pcm.!hw {
type plug
slave {
pcm mixmonkey
}
}
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm mixmonkey
}
}
//end of file
using this i can get programs such as aplay, ogg123 and xmms to all
happily run at the same time... but its still not perfect:-
1) xmms wont make any sound if put in mmap mode.. isnt this passed
through by the "plug" or dmix plugins? or emulated
2) mplayer will now use my alias (mixmonkey) yay!, but it cant play
sound because when it calls snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size() it gets
back an "Invalid argument" error. maybe thats just a bug with mplayer's
alsa support, but given that mmap doesnt work with dmix maybe there's
more that doesnt work.
any thoughts, comments, help or useful links will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Alex
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