Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with sound (Creative SB Live!)

[William M. Q. <qua...@jm...>]

Carlo Wood wrote:
<snip>
> Also, the SB Live only has two periods for recording,
> if your application set small periods then the total
> buffer is small - possibly smaller than the application
> is waiting for before processing.
<snip>

How can I change the period size and the number of periods that ALSA
uses?  Is it possible with ALSA to set the recording buffer beyond the
hardware limit of the sound card?  Is the period-size problem an
application-side issue or an ALSA-side issue?

Thanks,
William