Re: [xine-user] Xine and alsa: howto specify the card to use?

[Michael R. <mr...@us...>]

Hi Alex,

> Well, it worked some days ago, today I get some error message and I
> really don't know why.
>
> ALSA lib control.c:654:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL front:1
> audio_alsa_out: snd_ctl_open(): No such file or directory
> [...]
> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1055:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D2p
> failed: Device or resource busy
> audio_alsa_out: snd_pcm_open() failed: Device or resource busy
> audio_alsa_out: >>> check if another program don't already use PCM
> <<< audio_out: open failed!
>
>
> In my config, the pcm to use is "pcm:1" as suggested by
> James Courtier-Dutton, but obviously, its still using the pcm-device
> locked by my kde-artsd ...
> WHY?

According to the message, it tries to open front:1, not pcm:1.

> Again: Where can I find some documentation about xine's device naming
> schemes for the alsa-plugin???

This is not xine specific. These are the ALSA names for the devices. 
They should have docs about this.

Michael

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