Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] recorder for streaming audio
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 19:57:53 EEST
Joern Nettingsmeier wrote:
> Mark Constable wrote:
>
>>Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>>
>>>>> http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/vsound/
>>>>
>>>>It uses the loopback device from ALSA 0.5.
>>>
>>>Thats not the case. Vsound uses LD_PRELOAD to intercept calls
>>>the OSS driver. This should also work with the OSS emulation
>>>layer in ALSA. See the "How it works" section on the above page.
>>
>>My apologies. I spent a couple of nights trolling the net for a
>>solution to generically capturing the PCM devices of ALSA and
>>redirecting them to a file, in vain. I am now more confused than
>>ever. I would prefer an ALSA only (ah lah 0.5 loopback) solution
>>because sfxload (now possibly vsound) are the only non-ALSA utils
>>I need to use. As soon as Takashi rewrites sfxload as an ALSA-only
>>client :-) then I, and a few others, will be able to eliminate any
>>OSS references from our sound configs thereby simplifying sound
>>configuration under linux in general.
>>
>>I am using an SBlive and ALSA according to alsa.opensrc.org/?AslaBuild
>>
>>I've loaded a soundfont with sfxload and it plays back as expected
>>but when I try "vsound --timing pmidi -p 65:0 bhangra.mid" I get
>>this error... I
>
>
> of course you need an oss midi player. vsound apparently intercepts and
> emulates only oss calls.
> i don't know one off the cuff, but as always, google is your friend.
>
Perhaps alsaplayer can be of assistance.
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