From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GelJ1-0001kt-Vu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:32:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9V4UoAS006962; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:30:50 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9V4SjNm004962 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:28:45 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so209949nfa for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:28:45 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jCBg/djDMqHYOaGGgcQgt8Woj1mfET+7wb/zdKrP1ZweN8nfkS0YqLHQo5g6c1hBCYRD1HZiI0JzSRI128LxX1gbMORP81UZ3Anti99o0DlhbwfNnDqi8ckTDveAQfZM/Dw3blvH95jGxP/G2YEUVXSNRZT8O1tzMbcOKJjn0SI= Received: by 10.82.127.15 with SMTP id z15mr961696buc; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:28:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.98.1 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:28:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5bc4c4570610302028u548e6e6cnaa7462234a0b2604@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:28:44 -0300 From: "Leandro Melo de Sales" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Usb sound and ALSA In-Reply-To: <5bc4c4570610301939h1a11616dmfd93f3b1ff566c24@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bc4c4570610301654t5d4ff263qbe3ed72e85c13f5c@mail.gmail.com> <7573e9640610301920r2815bc7csf679f933654420e8@mail.gmail.com> <5bc4c4570610301939h1a11616dmfd93f3b1ff566c24@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 355e367f-c314-4ac4-a5a3-9528b386499c X-Archives-Hash: 4e960f508699ae3306b223b3c96450a2 Hi, After I click on Apply button the Alsa Device Configuration section become enabled, but when I specify hw1,0 in Stereo text field and play a song amarok shows the message: "Audio output unavailable; the device is busy.". /proc/asound/ # ls ASM5X0 Modem card1 cards hwdep oss seq version ICH6 card0 card2 devices modules pcm timers the file ASM5X0 is a symbolic link to card2. /proc/asound/ # cat cards 0 [ICH6 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6 Intel ICH6 with unknown codec at 0xc8000800, irq 18 1 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel ICH6 Modem Intel ICH6 Modem at 0x3400, irq 18 2 [ASM5X0 ]: USB-Audio - AS-M5X0 Gradiente AS-M5X0 at usb-0000:00:1d.1-1, full speed I also tried to specify hw2,0 but the message is the same, device is busy! :( But a good news is that if I do: mpg123 -a /dev/sound/dsp1 music.mp3 ... the file is played on my usb device perfectly!!! So, this is the proof that kernel recognize the device and I just don't know how switch alsa default device do /dev/sound/dsp1. Any clue? Thank you, Leandro. 2006/10/31, Leandro Melo de Sales : > Hi... The device is configured and I type cat xxx > /dev/sound/dsp1 > and I got an strange sound, but this prove that the device was > recognized by the kernel. I also can control volume of the second > audio device through alsamixer. The question is: how can I specify (on > alsa) that the default device is /dev/sound/dsp1 or something like > that? > I tried to do what you said on Amarok, but the "Alsa Device > Configuration" section is disabled, why? > > []s > Leandro. > > 2006/10/31, Richard Fish : > > On 10/30/06, Leandro Melo de Sales wrote: > > > Hi list... > > > > > > I have an usb sound system from Gradiente company (an eletronic > > > device factory) and I plugged it on my system. dmesg command shows > > > this: > > > > > > input: Gradiente AS-M5X0 as /class/input/input3 > > > input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Gradiente AS-M5X0] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1 > > > > > > But when I play a mp3 media the sound is not forwarded to my usb > > > device, instand, the sound is still played through my integrated > > > laptop device. > > > On windows I use it without problem. So, what do I have to do to > > > forward the sound to my usb device? > > > > Probably windows is disabling any existing sound card or at least > > making the USB the "default" sound device. Unfortunately there is no > > equivalent with alsa currently. > > > > So assuming that you've got the alsa drivers loaded for this device > > (/proc/asound/cards should contain two entries), you can usually > > specify alsa device as "hw1,0". The exact method for doing this > > depends on what app you are using. For example on amarok with the > > xine it is under Configure Amarok... -> Engine -> ALSA Device > > Configuration. If you enter hw1,0 for Stereo there, then 2 channel > > audio should be played on the first pcm of the second sound card. > > > > You should also be able to do this with a .asoundrc file, with an entry like: > > > > pcm.default { > > type hw > > card 1 > > device 1 > > } > > > > The above is really primitive, without any dmix plugin (software > > mixing), so only one app could use the device at a time unless it does > > hardware mixing. Mostly this is just to give you an idea of where to > > look! ;-) > > > > -Richard > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list