At Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:17:11 +0200, Sebastian Krämer wrote: > > On Monday 27 March 2006 18:04, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:28:22 +0000, > > > > scott wrote: > > > This is just my ignorance I imagine. I have ALSA installed as part of > > > my kernel 2.6.15.4, ALSA is 1.0.10rc3. Machine is an EPIA mini-ITX > > > MII6000E (VIA8233) (slackware 10.2): > > > > VIA8233 supports multiple playbacks, so you don't have to use dmix... > > Is that so? I have: (from lspci) > 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT8233/A/8235/8237 > AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) > > In my experience, when I installed the system about 1.5 or 2 years ago, I > really did have to install dmix (never tried it without since then..). > > Are we speaking about the same chip?
There are many variables of VIA823x. The only model that doesn't support multi-playback is VIA8233A. Other models are OK. Check /proc/asound/cards. If it's not VIA8233A, it must work without dmix. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
