ALSA
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The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a sound system for Linux designed to support all audio hardware.
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[edit] Two or More Sound Cards
If you have two sound cards, or a sound card and a USB headset, ALSA may only send audio to one of them. This may be annoying to someone who uses Microsoft Windows, which sends any audio to all sound cards attached to the system. You can direct the audio to whichever card you want by placing a "Launcher" script on the desktop:
asoundconf set-default-card CARD
And setting it to "Application in Terminal". You can get the list of available CARDS by running:
asoundconf list
Create a launcher for every sound card you are going to use and you can switch between them. You can even run separate programs through separate speakers by selecting a different sound card before running each program.
[edit] Two or More Sound Cards in Wine
The Launchers placed on the desktop will not function under wine, unless you select the "EsounD" audio driver under Wine Configuration.
[edit] Hardware Support
If your audio hardware is not already installed in ALSA, here's instructions to install Alsa Sound Drivers
[edit] See Also
[edit] External Links
- http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page ALSA Homepage
- http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Main_Page Unofficial ALSA Wiki
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