Re: [LAD] ALSA audio

2015-03-07 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 07:01:16PM +, Will Godfrey wrote: > > If the ALSA API seems too much too handle, use a library > > such as zita-alsa-pcmi to take care of the complexity, and > > use it with a hw: device, not a plughw: one. All my apps > > that provide access to ALSA directly (rather

Re: [LAD] ALSA audio

2015-03-07 Thread Will Godfrey
On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 17:46:12 + Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 05:18:41PM +, Will Godfrey wrote: > > > I've just been reading the ALSA Programming HOWTO by Matthias Nagorni and > > one > > detail caught my attention immediately. This is the idea of using plughw > > inst

Re: [LAD] ALSA audio

2015-03-07 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 05:18:41PM +, Will Godfrey wrote: > I've just been reading the ALSA Programming HOWTO by Matthias Nagorni and one > detail caught my attention immediately. This is the idea of using plughw > instead > of directly addressing your soundcard. > > On the face of it this s

[LAD] ALSA audio

2015-03-07 Thread Will Godfrey
I've just been reading the ALSA Programming HOWTO by Matthias Nagorni and one detail caught my attention immediately. This is the idea of using plughw instead of directly addressing your soundcard. On the face of it this seems *much* easier, but there surely must be a catch. Can anyone explain wha