Re: alsa-oss

[Warren Togami <warren togami com>]

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 10:09 +0800, Yuan Yijun wrote:
>
> > 2005/6/1, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez ivazquez net>:
> >
> > > With the pcm.!dsp target alsa-oss is obsolete.
> >
> > please explain more. There is no pcm.!dsp in default configuration,
> > how to add it?
>
>
> In your asoundrc file add the following:
>
> pcm.!dsp {
>   type plug
>   slave.pcm <dmix slave without "pcm.">
> }
>
> If for instance your dmix slave is pcm.dmixer then you would put
> "dmixer" where the angle brackets are:
>
> pcm.!dsp {
>   type plug
>   slave.pcm "dmixer"
> }
>
> This will allow apps that use the obsolescent OSS interface to use
> software mixing.

Is there any drawback to doing this by default?

Warren Togami
wtogami redhat com