Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:52:47 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple consumers of /dev/dsp Message-ID: <20050730115247.GY48273@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050725202838.GA60172@galgenberg.net> References: <20050721134345.GQ73338@genius.pact.cpes.susx.ac.uk> <20050725202838.GA60172@galgenberg.net>
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--lYVfafuUkPqz/tKz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 10:28:38PM +0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > On Thu, 21.07.2005 at 14:43:45 +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > In the past I'm sure that we supported the mixing of audio in the kernel > > so that multiple applications could open /dev/dsp at the same time. Was > > this a function of the audio card driver, or of the audio subsystem? > > Currently on my new machine I don't get any mixing, and applications > > fail to open /dev/dsp if it's already open by something. > >=20 > > Am I imagining that this use to the case or isn't it enabled by default? >=20 > You want to set hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=3D4 (or higher). The SB Live! has 4 > hardware channels (not need to set anything) other cards only have one > channel and need the "virtual channel" setting. >=20 Excellent! Just what I was looking for. Thanks :) Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --lYVfafuUkPqz/tKz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkLradIACgkQXVIcjOaxUBYCLwCcCzMyCl3Oe0fUmWLJJq0cF724 rpkAoKr8dFuYz7opSIdUcccOXMMKPg3a =af7i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lYVfafuUkPqz/tKz--
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