Jim wrote: > I beleive that many modern cards have multiple hardware channels (err > not channels' that's like stereo... uhmm streams?) ?
You are correct. > I've been browsing > through the documentation, examples, faq's etc, and have found no > refernence to such things... So was wondering, does ALSA support > multiple opens to get multiple hardware (...) to allow the hardware > itself to mix? Is this even a thing? and if not - then what's it mean > when a sound card has 256 channels? (64 3D) ... > It's called hardware mixing and there is not much info availabel about it. There are a few cards/devices with ALSA drivers theat have support for hardware mixing. There are a few that have the capability but no support because the manufacturers refuse to probvide the necessary specifications. > And if it IS supported - any chance that on the driver page a field > could be added that's 'simultaneous opens?' > Maybe not a field but a note. Lets call it [G] :) > Jim > > Maybe I'm asking something that's meaning something other than what I do > mean :) -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. For the discerning hardware connoisseur Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/guide/ ======================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
