Re: getting 3 stereo dsp devices from a 5.1 sound card

[Marc MERLIN <marc_alsa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 05:37:19PM +0200, Martin Horn wrote:
> I recommend using JACK for that to get this going fast and easy. You can set
> up a virtual JACK soundcard like this:
 
Ah, thanks, I hadn't looked at JACK.
 
> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_(plugin)<http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_%28plugin%29>
> 
> For you it should look like this:
> 
> pcm.!default {
>     type plug
>     slave { pcm "jack" }
> }
> 
> pcm.jack {
>     type jack
>     playback_ports {
>         0 alsa_pcm:playback_1
>         1 alsa_pcm:playback_2
>         2 alsa_pcm:playback_3
>         3 alsa_pcm:playback_4
>         4 alsa_pcm:playback_5
>         5 alsa_pcm:playback_6
> 
>     }
(...)
> Because you have 6 playback ports.

Mmmh, but then I get 6 mono dsp devices, right?
Is this doable with 3 stereo devices instead?

Thanks,
Marc
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