From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HqKje-00052U-00 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 23:08:31 -0400 Received: (qmail 15070 invoked by uid 1000); 21 May 2007 20:07:03 -0700 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:07:03 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Alsa and software speech Message-ID: <20070522030703.GA14176@localhost.localdomain> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 03:08:31 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dmix is a software mixer for alsa. If you're using I believe alsa 0.10 or later with a card that isn't multi-channel, dmix is used automatically, so you don't need to do anything to activate it. Otherwise, you can activate dmix with a $HOME/.asoundrc file. You'll need to search the web to find out exactly what should go in that file to activate dmix, since I got rid of my $HOME/.asoundrc when alsa started supporting dmix by default on cards which need it. I'm by no means an expert on this, so anything I've said here stands to be corrected. Greg On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 06:30:44PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hello, > I am dealing with a fairly annoying problem--one which seems quite complex. How do I achieve software mixing with Alsa? (I want to be able to play an MP3 stream and also have software speech going.) The information I've found so far seems to center on a file named asoundrc--which I've never heard of before, and who's format is a mystery to me. > Could anybody be so kind as to give some general information on this? What is Dmix, for example? > Thanks, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGUl5X7s9z/XlyUyARAqIPAKCVBOVgiETTci6/PRv/2Xxh5qBzAQCfVE5q rQDh1BvIJrCKL34gJBjqkK0= =TGg6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----