Re: [linux-audio-user] on ALSA's virmidi module

Frank Barknecht wrote: This isn't a PCM definition, it's a RawMIDI definition (which happens to have the same name). All ALSA devices implemented in the kernel are accessed by a plugin named "hw". See /usr/share/alsa/conf/alsa.conf for the various definitions (pcm, ctl, rawmidi, seq, hwdep, timer). It's possible to give some rawmidi port its own name, just like pcms: rawmidi.my_virtual { type hw card 1 device 0 } then you could use my_virtual instead of hw:1,0. Another useful plugin (the only other currently available rawmidi plugin) is the virtual rawmidi device, which is implemented in user space and doesn't need the snd-virmidi kernel driver. If you use "virtual" instead of "hw:1,0", each application using this will create a virtual sequencer port on the fly. (This may not be what you want, because each application instance will create a seperate virtual device, and the port exists only as long as the application is running). HTH Clemens