Re: [Alsa-user] 1 Sound card, 2+ apps wanting sound input simultaneously

[Stefan K. <kat...@gm...>]

On Wednesday 26 March 2003 10:09, AP - Simon Blandford wrote:
> Is there any way to use one sound card to feed more than one instance of,
> say, Real Encoder?
>
> There *must* be a way of doing this without having to buy two soundcards!
>
> I think it might be possible to set up .asoundrc and use PCM plugins. I am
> reading the docs how. If it is possible then an example would be helpful.
>
> I am trying to simulecast Real and MP3 (via Darkice) live audio streams.
> Latency is not really an issue here given the minute+ delays associated
> with streaming!
>
> Regards...
>
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it depends on the card you're using.
my maestro 3 onboard and sblive sound seems to support multiple opens on 
/dev/dsp without running a sound daemon.
However, an Intel 810 won't do it.
SB told me that your driver must support hardware mixing, however, I don't 
know how to get those information rather to trying it for myself...

hope that helps...
 greets, kata >8^)