[ dmix ]

>Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work with some alsa-native apps
>such as mplayer. Something goes wrong when the driver attempts to
>set the software parameters. Are applications supposed to treat plugins
>like dmix differently? I'm completely unable to use xmms with the alsa
>plugin and dmix (with or without mmap mode). (I'm using latest stable,
>not CVS)

apps need have no idea what "type" of PCM device they are using. the
user can freely switch from "hw:0" to "plughw:0" to "dmix:0" etc. and
the app should just work. if it doesn't, its a bug.

>Have I thanked you for JACK lately?

no, but thats OK :)

--p


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