[alsa-devel] asihpi: Control naming

Eliot Blennerhassett eblennerhassett at audioscience.com
Tue Oct 5 10:14:57 CEST 2010


On 05/10/10 20:07, Clemens Ladisch wrote:

> Capture controls affect audio data that is recorded by the computer.
> Playback controls affect audio data that comes out of the sound card.

OK. I think everything fits one of these two.

I find the asymmetry a little odd. (i.e. Capture controls defined by
destination of PCM Capture, while Playback controls not defined by
source of PCM Playback)

I.e. in reality they are "Capture" and "Output"



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