Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2217 mails)

[michael norman <michaeltnorman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 16 September 2007 14:56:30 Tom Patton wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 13:29 +0100, michael norman wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a box, used mainly for multimedia, which has two sound cards : 
> > the on board chip and an external Soundbaster USB.  I can configure both
> > have have not found an easy way of either swithing between the two or
> > assigning individual apps to automatically use a particular card..  The
> > box is openSUSE 10.2 with the latest KDE from SUSE.  As I pretty much
> > always use KDE a KDE configuration would be the easiest but if I have to
> > I'll have a look in ALSA configuration.
> >
> > Any clues as to where to start gratefully received.
> >
> > Mike
>
> Have you considered an external patch bay?  I use the onboard chip plus
> two PCI sound cards in mine.  Apps like Cinelerra or Audacity have
> choices for input and output dsp devices (hw0,0 hw1,0 etc). I use FVWM
> as a desktop, and with QAmix, there is a tab for each sound card.
>
> In the patch bay, I have the first device "normalled" into the second's
> line-in, and it drives a monitor speaker system.  The Aux and CD input
> jacks are also routed by the patch bay, so I have tons of "old-school"
> flexibility.
>
> Check with your local TV stations...they could have stacks of patch bays
> they have been replacing recently as they upgrade to digital.
>
> Tom in NM

Thanks I'll investigate along those lines.
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