Re: [LAD] alsa card order

On Tuesday 28 April 2009 17:59:36 Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Tue, 28.04.09 23:36, Fons Adriaensen (fons@email-addr-hidden) wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm Running F10 and I have these lines in /etc/modprobe.conf:
> >
> > options snd cards_limit=4
> > alias snd-card-0 snd_intel8x0
> > alias snd-card-1 snd_mpu401
> > alias snd-card-2 snd_ice1712
> > options snd-card-0 index=0
> > options snd-card-1 index=1
> > options snd-card-2 index=2
> >
> > but the order of the devices is always the
> > inverse: ice1712, mpu401, intel8x0
>
> Since F10 ALSA card indexes are not stable anymore to allow flexible
> hotplugging setups.
>
> You don't need stable indexes. Simply use the card names instead. You
> can find them in /proc/asound/cards. i.e. use "front:AudioPCI" instead
> of "front:6" as device strings. That way you don''t need to configure
> anything and always have stable device strings.

And what does one do with multiple identical sound cards. Say recording
multiple radio stations off the air for loggin purposes? Must one use
different cards or get something like a delta 1010 lt when that would reallt
be overkill quality wise?
>
> Lennart

all the best,

drew
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Received on Wed Apr 29 08:15:01 2009