On Tuesday 30 March 2004 03:57, Mubashir Cheema wrote: > I am new to arts and trying to solve a particular problem. I need > to use the one card in system and make it act like 2 sound cards. > I am thinking that I can probably do that by making one of my apps > use the front 2 channels while the other one uses the 2 rear channels. > I am not sure if ALSA allows multiple applications to use the sound > device at the same time. But I am hoping that arts does. My sound > card uses SigmaTel STAC9756 chip which is supported by both OSS and > ALSA. > I thought I'd ask here before embarking on the project. > Please let me know if you think this is possible.
In general: That is possible. You can couple two or more hardware devices into one device with ALSA and .asoundrc. Just search the docs on www.alsa-project.org... With aRts: No, aRts currently is fixed to stereo-output, no channel less, no more. :-( Arnold -- Get my public-key from pgp.mit.edu or pgp.uni-mainz.de
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