Re: [Alsa-devel] more snd_pcm_link observations

2001-12-04 Thread Abramo Bagnara
Paul Davis wrote: Don't make this mistake: poll *have* to return immediately in *all* cases where to wait is useless (i.e. when no non-user driven event may happen). This is the rule you need to remember. where does this rule come from? i was under the impression that poll(2) should

Re: [Alsa-devel] bug in alsa-lib

2001-12-04 Thread Luc Saillard
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:33:54AM +0800, Kyle Centers wrote: You're right. I added flag to xmms, and the plugin works perfecty now. With your permission (since you made the suggestion), I'll send an email off to the xmms team about it. I've already report this bug in the bugzilla system

Re: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:02:37 +0100 (CET), Erik Inge Bolsø wrote: Another thing to watch for is there are two types of SPDIF in. 1) SPDIF PCM Audio in. Recording normal stereo at different rates. 2) SPDIF non-audio in. (AC3, DTS etc.) The SB Live does (1) but NOT (2) Hmm, i'm not sure

RE: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
I think only few cards support the detection of non-audio data format on hardware. And as mentioned before, on some chips, the stream is resampled on other rates.. Takashi Can anyone tell me which cards do NOT do resampling on SPDIF IN so Recording AC3 works. Cheers James

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: snd_pcm_open not threadsafe?

2001-12-04 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Abramo Bagnara wrote: Jaroslav Kysela wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Alexander Ehlert wrote: Hi, can it be, that snd_pcm_open in the alsa lib is not threadsafe? You're right, the snd_config_update() function is not thread safe (it uses global variables). I

Re: [Alsa-devel] ymf753 id..

2001-12-04 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Tom Prado wrote: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, marco trevisani wrote: now is getting weird. from var/log/message PCI: Enabling device 00:1f:5 ( - 0001) PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin B of device 00:1f.5. Please try using pci=biosirq (tried it hangs the

Re: [Alsa-devel] corruption in snd_pcm_multi code

2001-12-04 Thread Jeremy Hall
Hi, I can't find a difference in the way audioengine and jack open / configure the alsa device, but audioengine works, jack does not. Jack DOES work on a single card, just not when both cards are linked. Abramo, do you have time to look at this? _J In the new year, Jeremy Hall wrote: yeah I

Re: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread dave willis
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Dan Hollis wrote: Er... the matrix just lists connectors, that doesn't mean those outputs are supported. (I don't know if 4624 spdif is supported with the driver, or if fortissimo II toslink is supported) thanks for this clarification. could you add that to the matrix

RE: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Takashi Iwai Sent: 04 December 2001 09:31 To: Joshua Jacobs Cc: Dan Hollis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output Hi Josh, At Mon, 03 Dec 2001 14:59:38

Re: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:24:51 -, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Takashi Iwai Sent: 04 December 2001 09:31 To: Joshua Jacobs Cc: Dan Hollis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] linux

[Alsa-devel] SIS735 AC97 sound

2001-12-04 Thread Roman Razilov
Does anymody works on subj? Is it really difficult to adapt VIA's AC97 driver for SIS? As far as I understand it, it must not be very complicated, and I could ever try to do it, if I'l have some time. Is there any documentation avaible? I just got a SIS735 mainboard with sound onboard, but it

RE: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Did you notice that I was talking about SPDIF Digital IN not OUT. (IN = RECORD, OUT=PLAY). Most cards can do Digital OUT for AC3 etc, but fewer can do Digital IN for AC3 etc. Cheers James -Original Message- From: Takashi Iwai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 10:52

Re: [Alsa-devel] more snd_pcm_link observations

2001-12-04 Thread Tim Goetze
Today Abramo Bagnara wrote: Paul Davis wrote: Don't make this mistake: poll *have* to return immediately in *all* cases where to wait is useless (i.e. when no non-user driven event may happen). This is the rule you need to remember. where does this rule come from? i was under the

Re: [Alsa-devel] latency test with snd-card-es1968

2001-12-04 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Maarten de Boer wrote: Hello, I am trying to run the alsa-lib/test/latency test on an ESS Maestro 2 (Dell Inspiron 3700), but it seems that this card cannot do interleaved audio? Jaroslav, could you update latency.c for these kind of cards? Use 'plughw:0,0' device

RE: [Alsa-devel] audigy specs

2001-12-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
One thing I would like to know about the emu10k1 (SB Live). I noticed a register in the emu10k1 which has #define SPBYPASS0x5e/* SPDIF BYPASS mode register */ #define SPBYPASS_ENABLE 0x0001 /* Enable SPDIF bypass mode

Re: [Alsa-devel] SIS735 AC97 sound

2001-12-04 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Roman Razilov wrote: Does anymody works on subj? Is it really difficult to adapt VIA's AC97 driver for SIS? As far as I understand it, it must not be very complicated, and I could ever try to do it, if I'l have some time. Is there any documentation avaible? I just got

Re: [Alsa-devel] audigy specs

2001-12-04 Thread Takashi Iwai
Hi, At Tue, 4 Dec 2001 14:00:56 +0100 (CET), Jaroslav Kysela wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Chuck Busby wrote: Hi - I got an answer back from my buddy at EMU. He says he hasn't been working directly with the SBLive! guys for a while, but still has connections. (He is one of the founders

Re: [Alsa-devel] alsa-drivers will not compile

2001-12-04 Thread Takashi Iwai
At 04 Dec 2001 15:33:41 +, Alec Edworthy wrote: Hi, just grabbed the latest alsa from cvs and did a ./cvscompile in alsa-drivers and got: card-intel8x0.c: In function `intel8x0_suspend': card-intel8x0.c:1075: structure has no member named `pcm_misc' make[1]: *** [card-intel8x0.o]

[Alsa-devel] Detecting sample rate etc. with RME 9652 and ALSA

2001-12-04 Thread Jon Webb
From the RME documentation it appears that it is possible to detect when a source is connected to the RME 9652 card, and whether the source has the sampling rate expected. But when I try to read from the card using ALSA, I get data whether or not the card has any input. Is there a way to detect

Re: [Alsa-devel] Detecting sample rate etc. with RME 9652 and ALSA

2001-12-04 Thread Paul Davis
From the RME documentation it appears that it is possible to detect when a source is connected to the RME 9652 card, and whether the source has the sampling rate expected. But when I try to read from the card using ALSA, I get data whether or not the card has any input. Is there a way to detect

[Alsa-devel] Using the sound card as the clock source to a DVD player.

2001-12-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Hello I would like to use the sound card as a clock source for a DVD player. I have a SB Live with alsa drivers 0.9.x. Which API call can I make to the sound card which is equivalent to the gettimeofday call? Also, what will be the units of time received from the call? Cheers James --

RE: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output

2001-12-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
-Original Message- From: Jaroslav Kysela [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 13:07 To: James Courtier-Dutton Cc: Ricardo Colon; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Alsa-devel] linux sound card w/ digital output On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Sort

[Alsa-devel] fix for trident (patch enclosed)

2001-12-04 Thread Paul Davis
well, jaroslav's patch (to change the ESO value) was most of the solution. in the diff below, i have also cleaned up the spurious interrupt detection. with these two changes, i can run my trident with a configuration that previously caused endless xruns in full duplex mode (44.1kHz, 64 frame

[Alsa-devel] Questions about sequencer code

2001-12-04 Thread Michael Ashton
I've been poking through the sequencer code a bit, and noticed two things which puzzle me. Both are to do with the way variable-length events are transmitted: 1. Why does snd_seq_event_output_direct() allocate a temporary buffer and copy the data to it? Wouldn't it be more efficient to

[Alsa-devel] Some sequencer docs: please check for accuracy

2001-12-04 Thread Michael Ashton
Wrote a bit of documentation based on my reading of the sequencer code. It's an attempt to answer the question how does one send and receive sys-ex using the sequencer? Read and use at will, but don't trust it until Takashi, Frank, and / or Jaroslav give their approval..

[Alsa-devel] Static ALSA drivers in kernel 2.4.x/2.5.x?

2001-12-04 Thread Jordan Breeding
Is there a way to patch the ALSA drivers along with ALSA OSS emulation into a static kernel so that no modules have to be loaded for sound to work? I am currently running 2.5.1-pre1 but also run 2.4.17-pre2 sometimes and would like to do this for both kernels if possible. Thank you for any