[Ekiga-list] Ekiga & (k)iax ?

[Adam Bogacki]

>Make sure you are not using DMIX with default settings. DMIX is often
>producing that kind of problem. Notice that starting with ALSA 1.0.11,
>DMIX is being used even if you are not aware of it if your soundcard
>doesn't support multiple channels.

I'm using ALSA with default input and output device settings in
Prefs, together .asoundrc below to enable multiple channels.

If this is now redundant should I revert to my previous
Ensoniq AudioPCI Audio Input/Output options in Prefs ?

Adam.

<snip>

# Allow mixing of multiple output streams to this device
# Dmix resample all streams to 48000 Hz (see the line below "rate 48000")
# You can try 44100 but downsampling sound from 48000 (ie. from a DVD) unfortunately
# does'nt work wery well (there are some syncronization problems with some players).
pcm.dmixer {
         type dmix
	 ipc_key 1024    #This must be unique
	 slave.pcm "snd_card"
	 slave {
	 # This stuff provides some fixes for latency issues.
	 # buffer_size should be set for your audio chipset.
         period_time 0
	 period_size 1024
	 buffer_size 4096
	 rate 48000

<snip>

# Allow reading from the default device.
# Also known as record or capture.
# While the Dmix plugin is for mixing multiple output(playback) streams together,
# if you want to use multiple input(capture) clients you need to use the dsnoop plugin
pcm.dsnooper {
        type dsnoop
	ipc_key 2048
	slave.pcm "snd_card"

<snip>

# This is what we want as our default device
# a fully duplex (read/write) audio device.
pcm.duplex {
        type asym
	playback.pcm "dmixer"
	capture.pcm "dsnooper"
<snip>


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ekiga-list/attachments/20060808/66109803/attachment.sig>