Re: [LAU] Soundcard question: Was "Equivalent to reason"

Hi! In general you can't. But there is one trick I know. You can configure alsa's default device to be a jack-client. that means, your app says let me use ALSA and alsa just says: None of my worry I pass it on to jack. You can do that in your .asoundrc in your homedirectory. I did it like this: edit ~/.asoundrc pcm.!default { type plug slave { pcm "myjack" } } pcm.myjack { type jack playback_ports { 0 alsa_pcm:playback_1 1 alsa_pcm:playback_2 } capture_ports { # I use capture_1 twice, because it give stereo microphone input 0 alsa_pcm:capture_1 1 alsa_pcm:capture_1 } } You should make sure, there is no other "pcm.!default" in your .asoundrc. If there is noe move it to something like "pcm.old_default". So when you run on simple ALSA, no JACK at all, you could still easily use alsa by: 1. giving the proper "old_default" device as alsa-device to the app you run. OR: 2. By chaning "pcm.!default" to "pcm.old_default" and vice versa. For me it works perfectly with most apps. By wrapping the myjack pcm-device in a plug (pcm".!default" I even get some nice and comfortable conversions done. Hope that helps! Kindest regards Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de