Re: pcm-oss.conf

On 08/21/2012 10:36, N V wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Where is //compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf file for the linux apps.
> It has deafult device configured. I've got usb webcam with intergrated microphone (which appears as hda device).
> If I run skype, it doesn't know anything about it, because there is no entry in
/compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf but only default device. So I've got sound, but buddy on the
other side doesn't hear me. If I make microphone hda device (pcm6 here) default one, I've got no sound in
Skype of course, but buddy on the other side hears me. :)
>
> Well, imho, there is some ways to fix this:
> - pregenerate anough devices in pcm-oss.conf;
> - generate device list each time I change sound configuration;
> - generate pcm-oss.conf each time sound device configuration changes (using devd, for example).
>
> The last variant seems to be most user friendly and Plug'n'Play-like, but it introduces some kind of
automagical staff which (personally) I don't like. But you may find it ok. Here is rough-and-ready
prototype for this variant, it may be called by devfs attach/detach events, it may be like webcamd script:
> [code]
> #!/bin/sh
>
> PCM=`egrep -o 'pcm[0-9]+' /dev/sndstat | egrep -o '[0-9]+'`
> cat > /tmp/pcm-oss.conf <<EOF
> # pcm-oss plugin configuration
>
> pcm.oss {
>         type oss
>         device /dev/dsp
>         hint {
>                 description "Open Sound System"