Gregory Nowak wrote: tilt! wrote: > > Hello, > > > > subject says it all. > > > > Are there currently ongoing efforts to have that? > > > > If no, I will start one, if yes, I want to join it. > > How about alsa/dmix? Some folks here have mentioned oss4 before, but I > haven't used that myself.
Regarding dmix: A very interesting and potentially extremely useful aspect of this plugin is using it combined with the default plugin name [now default behavior IIUC.] In theory this means all applications that have native ALSA support will share the sound device. In practice not many applications are able to take advantage of this functionality yet. source: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc Dmix is enabled by default for soundcards which do not support hardware mixing. Dmix is not enabled by default for digital output (S/PDIF) and will require the configuration snippet below.... source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture There is a limitation, is that the app(s) have to access the soundcard via named PCM device: ecasound -i test.wav -o alsa,default # multiple invocations okay Direct access to soundcard doesn't get the dmix plugin, so only one app has access at any given time. ecasound -i test.wav -o alsa,hw:0,0 # exclusive access required What dmix doesn't do (and pulseaudio does) is provide a separate volume control for each application. cheers, Joel > Greg > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your > contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
