Thread: [Alsa-user] divided multichannel
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From: Gordon M. <gor...@gm...> - 2006-03-31 19:00:00
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Greetings! I'm new to the list, and although not new to alsa, I'm new to "how it works" ... in the past, I've just relied on it to do it's magic, auto-configured as it was during the install :) Anyway ... my goal, lofty perhaps, is to have multiple room music from my linux machine, that is running 24x7 as a file server. I only have one PCI slot free in the box (scsi and sata cards take up the rest of the space), however, I thought, fear-not, my SB live has 3 stereo output channels. I searched google a little, and this list archives, and I have found this very question asked several times, but no one ever offered a response. So I take it this must be harder than it sounds? My questions is ... can I split up the 3 stereo outputs, so that I can use each as its own 'plain' stereo sound card... perhaps listening to different MP3s or Shoutcast streams on each output. Each output would be whisked away to remote amplifiers serving separate rooms Thanks in advance for any insight and guidance! Gordon |
From: Lee R. <rlr...@jo...> - 2006-03-31 20:49:06
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On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:59 -0500, Gordon McLellan wrote: > I searched google a little, and this list archives, and I have found > this very question asked several times, but no one ever offered a > response. So I take it this must be harder than it sounds? Nope, just the opposite - it's too easy to bother explaining ;-) Configure your apps to output to the "front", "rear", and "center_lfe" devices to use them as independent stereo pairs. Or use JACK which will expose each input and output (up to 16 of each, obviously not connected on all boards) as an independent mono port. Lee |