[PD] pd command line arguments

2007-04-18 Thread forwinder
Hi all, I was trying last night to start pd from command line with the appropriate sound card selected. I tried pd -alsa -alsadev hw:1,0 and also replacing the space between the soundcard and the -alsadev with a = and :. On every case pd did not recognize the commands. I also tried pd

Re: [PD] pd command line arguments

2007-04-18 Thread forwinder
Cheers Frank, That worked perfectly! Recently I struggled with the same thing until I discovered the logic behind the ALSA device numbering. The option to use to select an ALSA soundcard actually is -alsa -audiodev NUMBER. (I'm not sure if -alsaadd does anything at all.) Now how to find NUMBER?

Re: [PD] pd command line arguments

2007-04-18 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote: Then -alsa -audiodev 1 will open hw:0, -alsa -audiodev 2 will open plughw:0, -alsa -audiodev 3 will open hw:1 and -alsa -audiodev 1 will open plughw:1 The last one should of course read: -alsa -audiodev 4 will open plughw:1 Ciao

Re: [PD] pd command line arguments

2007-04-18 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, forwinder hat gesagt: // forwinder wrote: I have used # pd -alsa -audiodev 3 -alsamidi pd starts with the audio sorted(thx) but although the alsamidi is selected one needs to actually open the dialog and hit apply to open the midi ports? And only then can jack see pd as a possible