Re: [Alsa-user] Play different sounds on speaker and headphones
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From: Bill U. <un...@ph...> - 2007-11-09 19:32:50
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Staffan Hämälä wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if it's possible to somehow play one sound on the speakers and one in > the headphones? I know that this is possible if you have several devices (e.g. > an USB headset). Skype can play the ring signal to one device, and use the > headset for speech - but how is it when you only have on-board sound? No. One soundcard has one processing path. Ie, one soundcard cannot act like two soundcards. > > I have an Asus P5B motherboard. On the front of the computer, I have one plug > for headphones and one for the microphone. If I plug in the headset, all sounds > still goes to both the speakers and the headset. > > It is also possible to mute the headphones via alsamixer (or kmix), so it's > apparently two different channels. > > I would like to be able to send one sound only to the headphones, and another > sound only to the speakers. > > How do you configure something like this? > Do I need a USB headset to make it work? A usb headset is a separate soundcard. Two soundcards, two sounds is possible. > > I plan to mainly use this for Skype, but it might be useful for other things as > well. |