Paul van Schayck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:52:13 -0500, Robert Reif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What happens when you have two or more identical cards. >> Should we also look for dmix in the device name? > > I think we should always look for hw:n
I doubt it. First, ALSA have notion of the default device, which Wine should respect. On the other hand, using the hw:n device relies on a hardware mixer for sharing the sound card, which some widespread integrated cards don't have. So a lot of users would prefer using plughw:n (or another dmixed device) instead. The ALSA default can be set in ~/.asoundrc or by environmental variables, which is very convenient. Wine shouldn't behave differently unless explicitly configured so. > Doesn't ALSA have some kind of function to discover all devices? Probably not at the moment (except for /proc/asound/cards etc.) It was discussed on the ALSA devel list recently, but I don't remember the conclusions. -- Feri.