Re: [ecasound] Multitrack recording hangs!

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Subject: Re: [ecasound] Multitrack recording hangs!
From: Mikko Nummelin (mnummeli_AT_cc.hut.fi)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 01:29:48 EEST


On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Kai Vehmanen wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Mikko Nummelin wrote:
>
> > # ecasound -d:255 \
> > -a:1 -i janet_drums.wav -o /dev/dsp \
> > -a:2 -i /dev/dsp -o hei.wav
> [...]
> > - [ Chainsetup/Enabling audio inputs ]
> [...]
> > - [ Chainsetup/Enabling audio outputs ]
> [ hangs ]
>
> Hmm, what soundcard drivers are you using? One possibility is that you are
> using OSS drivers that don't support multi-open style full-duplex
> operation. In this case ecasound will hang when it tries to open the
> second instance of /dev/dsp (one for reading, one for writing).

I think this is really the case, and I have just compiled a new kernel
with certainly no OSS support. What is still the problem is, that I have
not yet succeeded to install ALSA correctly. I will report of it later if
problems remain after succesful ALSA installation someday.

Mikko N.

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