On Nov 9, 2007 2:32 PM, Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Staffan Hämälä wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I wonder if it's possible to somehow play one sound on the speakers and one > > in > > the headphones? I know that this is possible if you have several devices > > (e.g. > > an USB headset). Skype can play the ring signal to one device, and use the > > headset for speech - but how is it when you only have on-board sound? > > No. One soundcard has one processing path. Ie, one soundcard cannot act > like two soundcards. >
Actually some soundcards support this (like emu10k1). You can use the "front", "rear" and "centerlfe" PCMs independently. I would not expect cheap onboard laptop/mobo stuff to support it. A workaround is to use a sound server like JACK, this lets you address each output channel independently. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
