29 Oct
2014
29 Oct
'14
9:36 a.m.
At Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:57:18 +0530, dE wrote:
As I learn't in this mailng list, a device can typically handle only one stream at a time unless it supports hardware mixing which's exposed via subdevices in ALSA
What does subdevice mean for input device?
When a device can do multiplexing, the driver can give multiple substreams (= subdevices).
Do they mark physical ports for input? If not how do I record from a specific input port?
You can pass the subdevice number explicity. It's -1 as default, which means to select the next free one.
Is it automatically selected by the card?
And what's 'input source' in ALSA mixer?
It's usually a MUX to select the input source, e.g. line in or mic.
Takashi