Re: [livesupport-dev] minimum qty of soundcards
  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    If you use ALSA sound drivers with dmix enabled, you can use the same
    sound card for any combination of the 3 outputs. Just set all the sound
    device names to "hw:0,0" or "default" or whatever device you have
    enabled dmix on.

    Ferenc


    phorum@code.campware.org wrote:
    > Author: eddiegar
    > Link: http://code.campware.org/phorum/read.php?12,2552,2552#msg-2552
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    > is it possiable to operate the system on a single sound card? or do we need to have 3? Can we use 2 and and symlink /dev/dsp1 to /dev/dsp2 and get it to work properly?
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    > I find that with a single sound card setup as /dev/dsp in scheduler.xml and using nonexisting dsp2 and dsp3 in gLiveSupport.xml that scheduled playback is hit or miss. sometimes it does work sometimes it doesn't.
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down importimport
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    care to provide a link on how to get dmix installed and enabled on the knoppix livesupport cd?
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