Paul van Schayck polleke@gmail.com writes:
This is a resend. Patch was rejected probably because we don't want this kind of settings in winecfg. Let me explain myself closer. The patch allows the alsa audio device to be changed from audio tab. It will just use default otherwise. Which is just fine for most users.
The main problem is that this option is completely obscure; what are you supposed to enter in there? It should be a drop down listing possible devices.
On 07 Mar 2005 16:16:25 +0100, Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org wrote:
Paul van Schayck polleke@gmail.com writes:
This is a resend. Patch was rejected probably because we don't want this kind of settings in winecfg. Let me explain myself closer. The patch allows the alsa audio device to be changed from audio tab. It will just use default otherwise. Which is just fine for most users.
The main problem is that this option is completely obscure; what are you supposed to enter in there? It should be a drop down listing possible devices.
ALSA formed device names like 'plug:dmix' or 'hw:1,1'. Agreed, obscure.
I've tried getting the device name with DRV_QUERYDEVICEINTERFACE. That works. I will get things like "wineoss: duplex" returned (with wine set to alsa). Robert are you referring to this?
Paul
Paul van Schayck wrote:
On 07 Mar 2005 16:16:25 +0100, Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org wrote:
Paul van Schayck polleke@gmail.com writes:
This is a resend. Patch was rejected probably because we don't want this kind of settings in winecfg. Let me explain myself closer. The patch allows the alsa audio device to be changed from audio tab. It will just use default otherwise. Which is just fine for most users.
The main problem is that this option is completely obscure; what are you supposed to enter in there? It should be a drop down listing possible devices.
ALSA formed device names like 'plug:dmix' or 'hw:1,1'. Agreed, obscure.
I've tried getting the device name with DRV_QUERYDEVICEINTERFACE. That works. I will get things like "wineoss: duplex" returned (with wine set to alsa). Robert are you referring to this?
Paul
If you look at it from a windows perspective, you would do a waveOutGetNumDevs and iterate over the devices doing a waveOutGetDevCaps to get the device name. One of those devices would be the preferred device and somehow windows sets that. You can do a waveOutMessage with DRVM_MAPPER_PREFERRED_GET to get that device. You can currently get the number of devices and iterate over them using the OSS driver. We don't have a way of specifying which is the preferred one. You can specify it in Direct Sound but that doesn't apply to the wave device.
The ALSA driver is another issue. It only supports a single device and you have to specify it manually. You also have to specify how you want to open it using the device name plug:dmix or hw and also specify which sound card if there is more than one. This doesn't map well to the windows way of doing things.
I'm not sure what the best solution for this is because they are really different problems. Throwing in the other drivers complicates matters even more. It would be nice to solve this problem in a driver independent way.
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