[LAU] Alsa to jack bridge and asoundrc

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 05:46:12PM -0400, S. Massy wrote:

> http://alsa.opensrc.org/Jack_and_Loopback_device_as_Alsa-to-Jack_bridge

Interesting page !
 
> I compiled the aloop module and it works fine, but when I try setting up
> the asoundrc as described, and use the device, I get.
> ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
> aplay: main:654: audio open error: Invalid argument
> 
> Does anyone know what this uninformative error mean? Has anybody ever
> had luck with a similar setup?

I get similar errors, except that the second one is
'Device or resource busy' instead of 'Invalid argument'.

Maybe it's the dmix on top of all the rest. I've seen
other cases where dmix wouldn't mix (pun not intended)
with its peers.

Ciao,

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FA