On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:11:20PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > > So how can I make it send all sound through the spdif interface? > You could redefine the ALSA device "default" to be spdif: > # ~/.asoundrc > pcm.!default { > type plug > slave.pcm "spdif" > }
That works, thanks! :) > All ALSA aware sound applications, which use "default" then will play > over plug:spdif. Maybe you want to read up a bit on the many > possibilities ALSA's runtime configuraition offers. > http://alsa.opensrc.org has many examples. You could even enable > software mixing without relying on arts. I have been reading a bit about using dmix but have a slight problem. It is easy to setup things so that dmix is the default place to send sound, but how can I make dmix use plug:spdif for the actual output? Anyways, it would be really nice to be able to have software mixing at the alsa level rather than having to rely upon arts :) -- Anders -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/O d--@ s:+ a-- C++ UL+++$ P++ L+++ E- W+ N(+) o K? w O-- M- V PS+ PE@ Y+ PGP+ t 5 X R+ tv+ b++ DI+++ D+ G e- h !r y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ PGPKey: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8BFECB41 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user