Bradee-oh! wrote: > First question is - is that normal behavior? It seems that if > surround51 uses "hw:0,1" and 2 channel stuff uses "hw:0,0", there > shouldn't be any conflict REGARDLESS of dmix. What's the deal here?
The CMI chip can be used in two modes (stereo or surround), and there are two devices (hw:X,0 and hw:x,1) for the two modes, but these devices still access the same resources, so they cannot be used at the same time. > And second question - I know that dmix only supports 2 channels. dmix supports any number of channels. > However, is there anyway to split the channels of surround51 into 3 sets > of 2 channels, dmix each set of 2, then recombine the dmixed channels > into one virtual 6-channel device? If all what you want is dmixing 6 channels, try something like the following: pcm.dmixs51 { type dmix ipc_key 1024 slave { pcm "hw:0,1" rate 48000 channels 6 period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_time 0 buffer_size 4096 } } HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user