On 22 Jul 2003, 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.
>
> 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.
>
> If this can be done simply then i'd like to know how.. if not i'm
> willing to write a dummy sound driver for alsa that will just use the
> proper alsa library and send sound through the default device.
I think that it is better to push application developers to fix their
applications.
Jaroslav
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Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SuSE Labs
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