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From: Theodore T. <ty...@mi...> - 2007-02-27 01:50:36
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 02:41:45PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Well, adding a new card that only has a mixer and no PCM or other sound > properties seems to work just fine, and it is *much* simpler than piggying > back a new *system global* control on top of AC97, many HDA chips, etc. It > is also that much easier to deal with. > > Can I keep it as a separate card? I guess I'm wondering what value is added by exporting it as a separate ALSA card. Ideally it should be integrated into the thinkpad's real sound card. Otherwise sound applications will have no idea that this separate mixer-only sound card has anything to do with the main speaker output (as compared to the Skype headset I have plugged into the USB port). I suppose it does mean you can use alsamixer to manipulate the sound, but from the user's point of view, if it's not visible when they right clock on the mixer applet (because it's not associated with the laptop's primary sound card), is it really that useful? Regards, - Ted |
