Hi,
The 2008 audio guide recommends http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/guide-to-sound-apis.html "Do not use the snd_card_xxx() APIs. For enumerating use snd_device_name_hint() (and related functions). snd_card_xxx() is obsolete... Bluetooth audio are not included"
Is that correct advice?
Wine still uses snd_card, so it knows only about "default" and "plughw:x,y". I believe that's wrong but don't know what should be used instead in order not to come up with a long list of artificial names mentioned in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf such as surround51 when the poor on-board card knows nothing but 16 bit stereo.
I'm looking for a list of working devices on this machine, which likely should contain "default" (usually leading to PA on a recent Ubuntu machine), "plug:dmix" (PA getting out of the way when trying to use other devices), "hw:0,0" and presumably not much more.
Thank you for your help, Jörg Höhle