(quoting fixed; please don't top-post) Gary Scavone wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > The default card id is composed of the letters and numbers of the last > > word of the card's name (as seen in /proc/asound/cards). > > ... > > The first parameter to hw specifies the card; if it looks like a number, > > it will be interpreted as the card number. > > This behavior seems like a bug. Could snd_ctl_open() not first > compare the "card" argument to the known internal device id and then, > if that fails, attempt to interpret the card as a number?
The CVS version of ALSA has now been changed so that it never creates an id looking like a number. > I'm using the id because it is what my program exposes to users > for device selection (which is more human readable than the device > number when an id is specified in the configuration). The card's name (either shortname or longname) would be even more human-readable (but it isn't unique when there are two identical cards, so you still need to show card number or id). > It's a hassle for me to have to keep both an ascii id _and_ a > device number around, especially when the ascii id is supposed to > do what I need. Isn't it sufficient to keep only the card number around? Anyway, the id will work now (as long as you're sure that your users are using ALSA 0.9.5 or later). HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
