[Alsa-user] strange entry in asound.state

2006-09-19 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bonjour, Is it a normal thing to have some entry like this one in /etc/asound.state? I have 3 on this model If it is not normal what shall I do to correct this? Thanks control.28 { comment.access read comm

Re: [Alsa-user] strange entry in asound.state

2006-09-19 Thread Clemens Ladisch
François Patte wrote > Is it a normal thing to have some entry like this one in > /etc/asound.state? > > control.28 { > comment.access read > comment.type IEC958 > comment.count 1 > iface MIXER > name 'IEC958 P

Re: [Alsa-user] Best card for recording?

2006-09-19 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 18/09/06, aluizio-neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > I`ve recently realised (with your help) that the sound card I work with is > not fully supported by ALSA and I`m about to buy a new one. > The thing I need the most is the Analog Capture in. I use Fedora Core 5 and I > would like t

Re: [Alsa-user] strange entry in asound.state

2006-09-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 06:30, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >François Patte wrote > >> Is it a normal thing to have some entry like this one in >> /etc/asound.state? >> >> control.28 { >> comment.access read >> comment.type IEC958 >> comment.co

Re: [Alsa-user] [Alsa-devel] Help req rgd ALSA configuration scripts

2006-09-19 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:55:49 +0530, Vishwas P S wrote: > > Could somebody pl help me in ths regard. I would like to know why > alsa.conf, asoundrc etc are required and are they useful in > ALSA-native and OSS emulation modes. It's a misinformation. > Can a simple system without spl features wor

Re: [Alsa-user] Audio drop-out with ac3 on iec958 during heavy SATA io

2006-09-19 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:30:30 +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I see your kernel uses the ACPI PM timer for timing. Is it a dual > > core AMD by any chance? > > No, it's a 32 bits monocore (Barton XP3200) > > > If you use an SMP kernel, do you get

Re: [Alsa-user] strange entry in asound.state

2006-09-19 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 06:30, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > >François Patte wrote > >> /etc/asound.state > > Ookaaay... I know I'm hijacking a thread here, but what 'save' operation > then results in this file being updated? The usual "alsactl store". > Somehow, mine h

Re: [Alsa-user] bt87x audio recording - broke between 2.6.14 and 2.6.17.4

2006-09-19 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:04:30 -0400, Dan Pritts wrote: > > Hi - > > I have a Centos 4.3 system with a wintv pci card with FM tuner: > > 00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video > Capture (rev 02) > 00:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Cap

Re: [Alsa-user] Audio drop-out with ac3 on iec958 during heavy SATA io

2006-09-19 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 18:13 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Well, you've seen the xrun detection there, so it's basically the > problem of other parts, such as disk contoller driver. That is, > something else takes too long time, and the irq for sound can't be > handled at the right time. > > If the

Re: [Alsa-user] strange entry in asound.state

2006-09-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:13, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 06:30, Clemens Ladisch wrote: >> >François Patte wrote >> > >> >> /etc/asound.state >> >> Ookaaay... I know I'm hijacking a thread here, but what 'save' >> operation then results in this

[Alsa-user] What are all those devices?

2006-09-19 Thread Mario Rossi
Hi, I would like to know what is the second device Intel ICH - IEC958. If I try to play via it no sound is emitted aplay -D plughw:0,4 somefile.wav nothing happens. The first device is the actual device, while the third is the modem, what is the second? List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices *

Re: [Alsa-user] What are all those devices?

2006-09-19 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 21:58 +0100, Mario Rossi wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know what is the second device Intel ICH - IEC958. > If I try to play via it no sound is emitted > > aplay -D plughw:0,4 somefile.wav > > nothing happens. > > The first device is the actual device, while the third i

[Alsa-user] C-Media USB soundcard (usb id 0d8c:000c) unable to get to work.

2006-09-19 Thread Jose Gilberto Torres
Hello, I've been pulling my hair on this. I have a Targus Docking station model acp50us. The device comes with a sound card that I have not been able to get to work. The system identifies the card as a C-Media Electronics Inc. Audio Adaptor have a usb id of 0d8c:00c. The system loaded the u

Re: [Alsa-user] C-Media USB soundcard (usb id 0d8c:000c) unable to get to work.

2006-09-19 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 14:48 -0700, Jose Gilberto Torres wrote: > aplay -D hw:1,0 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Sounds/unhide.wav > Playing WAVE > '/home/torresj/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Sounds/unhide.wav' : > Unsigned > 8 bit, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono > aplay: set_params:901: Sample format non avai

[Alsa-user] switch between two soundcards

2006-09-19 Thread Jürgen Herrmann
hi! i have a laptop with an intel8x0 based audio chip and from time to time i want to use my usb soundcard. is there a way to unload the intel8x0 driver and insert the snd-usb-audio instead of it? my goal is that applications can always use alsa hw:0:0 without reconfiguration, maybe this could ev

Re: [Alsa-user] switch between two soundcards

2006-09-19 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 00:18 +0200, Jürgen Herrmann wrote: > > my goal is that applications can always use alsa hw:0:0 without > reconfiguration, maybe this could even be automated via hotplug > when (dis)connecting the usb device? Applications shouldn't use hw:0,0 anyway, it only supports one ap

Re: [Alsa-user] switch between two soundcards

2006-09-19 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Jürgen Herrmann wrote: > hi! > > i have a laptop with an intel8x0 based audio chip and from time to > time i want to use my usb soundcard. is there a way to unload the > intel8x0 driver and insert the snd-usb-audio instead of it? > > my goal is that applications can always use alsa hw:0:0 without

Re: [Alsa-user] strange entry in asound.state

2006-09-19 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:13, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > >Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Somehow, mine has gotten into a state where I have to manually turn off > >> the "IEC958 Optical Raw" button in kamix quite often, and after every X > >> restart in order to have functional

[Alsa-user] Audacity and M-Audio Delta 1010LT

2006-09-19 Thread mcnster
Hi, I'm trying to get Audacity to record a stream off my M-Audio Delta 1010LT. Since Audacity in its default config only supports reading from /dev/dsp, my question is: What does /dev/dsp reflect in the Alsa world and is there any .asoundrc or other magic I can use to redirect a stream coming fr