[Alsa-devel] Re: [Alsa-user] C-Media 8738 SPDIF problem

2002-01-27 Thread Thomas Tonino
> > > > >ok, obviously there have been enough problems regarding $SUBJECT. >I don't think that all bug reports on ML are really one, though. >So, please check the following if you have encountered this problem. > > > >1. For playing through SPDIF, you need to use the 3rd device, >namely, >

RE: [Alsa-devel] Re: [Alsa-user] C-Media 8738 SPDIF problem

2002-01-27 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
If you read posts from the alsa-devel list, you would see lots of advice on how to get it to work, apart from just RTFM. The most important part is the correct feedback from yourself. I am only saying this as an impartial observer. I have found that the developers on this list give very good suppo

[Alsa-devel] Suggestion for the alsa-lib API

2002-01-27 Thread Kyle Centers
Hi. I've been playing around with the asound library for a while now, and there's someting that really gets under my skin. The snd_pcm_open function, requires an open mode parameter, which, according to the documentation, defaults to blocking mode, but can be set to SND_PCM_NONBLOCK, or SND_P

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: [Alsa-user] C-Media 8738 SPDIF problem

2002-01-27 Thread Thomas Tonino
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >If you read posts from the alsa-devel list, you would see lots of advice on >how to get it to work, apart from just RTFM. > True. But it didn't work for me. The first time I posted a bug report I got the RTFM response. I did, and after a while came: yeah, spdif d

Re: [Alsa-devel] Suggestion for the alsa-lib API

2002-01-27 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Kyle Centers wrote: > Hi. > > I've been playing around with the asound library for a while now, and > there's someting that really gets under my skin. > > The snd_pcm_open function, requires an open mode parameter, which, > according to the documentation, defaults to blocking

[Alsa-devel] alsa-lib documentation

2002-01-27 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
Hello all, it seems that I've finished an initial version of documentation for alsa-lib's configuration files and PCM interface. Here is URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib You can generate the most recent version with the doxygen tool (www.doxygen.org). Simply type 'make