[alsa-devel] channel names

[Clemens Ladisch]

Adrian Knoth wrote:
> I'm afraid the channel map may not work for pro-audio interfaces. While
> consumer devices will surely benefit from a label like
>
>    SNDRV_CHMAP_RRC,        /* rear right center */
>
> professional-grade cards simply don't have such channel names.
>
> Instead, "our" channels have names like
>
>    ADAT 7
>    Line 12
>    Bus 14L
>
> or however else the vendor decided to call (and physically label) them.

That's what the SNDRV_CHMAP_DRIVER_SPEC flag is for.

Furthermore, there isn't necessarily a 1:1 mapping between PCM channels
and physical I/Os.

> How about struct snd_pcm_channel_info?
>
> Maybe there are better places for such an extension, I'm not an ALSA-API
> expert.

That place would be the ALSA media controller API.
(I should implement it some day ...)


Regards,
Clemens