Re: [Alsa-user] Function providing current output level (like a VU meter)

2015-03-05 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Ray wrote: > Am 2015-03-03 10:47, schrieb Clemens Ladisch: >> Ray wrote: >>> is there some ALSA function which I can use to get the current music >>> output level from the soundcard output? >> >> No; be default, samples are written by the application directly into the >> DMA buffer, and there is no

Re: [Alsa-user] Function providing current output level (like a VU meter)

2015-03-04 Thread Paolo Bolzoni
I am missing something, how plugins like the ladspa fastLookaheadLimiter can work if they cannot detect current output intensity? On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Ray wrote: > Am 2015-03-03 10:47, schrieb Clemens Ladisch: >> Ray wrote: >>> is there some ALSA function which I can use to get the c

Re: [Alsa-user] Function providing current output level (like a VU meter)

2015-03-03 Thread Ray
Am 2015-03-03 10:47, schrieb Clemens Ladisch: > Ray wrote: >> is there some ALSA function which I can use to get the current music >> output level from the soundcard output? > > No; be default, samples are written by the application directly into > the > DMA buffer, and there is no opportunity fo

Re: [Alsa-user] Function providing current output level (like a VU meter)

2015-03-03 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Ray wrote: > is there some ALSA function which I can use to get the current music > output level from the soundcard output? No; be default, samples are written by the application directly into the DMA buffer, and there is no opportunity for anybode else to listen in. Regards, Clemens --

[Alsa-user] Function providing current output level (like a VU meter)

2015-03-03 Thread Ray
Hi there, is there some ALSA function which I can use to get the current music output level from the soundcard output? I don't mean the level that can be set in one of the alsamixer controls, but the level of the actual sound coming out of the output (similar to what a VU meter on an old ampli