On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 12:25 -0700, Bill Unruh wrote: >>> >>>> Example: sox infile -t alsa -w -s /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p >>> >>> That's really from the sox man page? It's totally wrong. So is the >>> page: >> >> Yup that is the man page. >> >> .alsa ALSA /dev/snd/pcmCxDxp device driver >> This is a pseudo-file type and can be optionally >> compiled >> into SoX. Run sox -h to see if you have support for >> this >> file type. When this driver is used it allows you to open >> up >> the ALSA /dev/snd/pcmCxDxp file and configure it to use >> the >> same data format as passed in to SoX. It works for >> both >> playing and recording sound samples. When playing >> sound >> files it attempts to set up the ALSA driver to use the >> same >> format as the input file. It is suggested to always >> override >> the output values to use the highest quality samples >> your >> sound card can handle. Example: sox infile -t alsa -w >> -s >> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p >>> >>> http://www.domenech.org/bt878a-adc/alsa-e.htm >>> >>> Does "sox infile -t alsa -w -s plughw:1,1" work? >> >> No it does not. However >> sox pluck/p6.wav -t alsa /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p >> DOES work. (or with the -w -s option as well) >> So it seems that sox does directly access the sound files. > > Why does sox abuse the ALSA API this way? Why can't it use the alsa-lib > interface like everyone else?
I guess you need to ask Chris Bagwell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) that one, but the lack of ALSA documentation for developers is probably one reason. How in the world would anyone know what the ALSA API is if noone describes it? > > Lee > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
