Jon Barnett wrote:
> The only problem is that skype can't use the plugz device as it doesn't
> recognize it - since it doesn't do detection of available pcm devices.
>>From a user's perspective that is, in my opinion, the main problem with
using plugz instead of btsco. Skype and Ekiga are the reasons why 90% of
users want to install plugz.
Is this an ALSA limitation, or isn't Skype using the right functions from
the ALSA's API to enumerate all available devices? Who must be fixes: Skype
of ALSA?
Could some developer enlighten us on this issue?
Thanks,
Mark
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The problem with the bt-hijacker approach is that it is based on the
snd-bt-sco module which creates the necessary /dev/dspX entry for
re-routing sound. The plugz approach doesn't result in the creation of
a /dev/dspX. So the hijacker can't reroute the sound as far as I can
see. Or am I missing something?
Cheers,
JonB
On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 15:42 +0100, Fabien Chevalier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Mark Hellman wrote:
> > Jon Barnett wrote:
> >
> >> The only problem is that skype can't use the plugz device as it doesn't
> >> recognize it - since it doesn't do detection of available pcm devices.
> >
> >>From a user's perspective that is, in my opinion, the main problem with
> > using plugz instead of btsco. Skype and Ekiga are the reasons why 90% of
> > users want to install plugz.
> >
> > Is this an ALSA limitation, or isn't Skype using the right functions from
> > the ALSA's API to enumerate all available devices? Who must be fixes: Skype
> > of ALSA?
>
> Thing is : sadly, there is no ALSA function to enumerate available PCMs
> on the system. There are only features to enumerate hardware cards.
> That's a known ALSA weakness, but this is how things are as of to today
> in Linux world :-(
>
> > Could some developer enlighten us on this issue?
>
> Just use Skype in OSS mode, and use skype_bt_hijacker available in
> contrib directory to redirect sound to ALSA headset. I haven't tested it
> myself recently, but theorically this should work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Fabien
>
>
>
Hi,
Mark Hellman wrote:
> Jon Barnett wrote:
>
>> The only problem is that skype can't use the plugz device as it doesn't
>> recognize it - since it doesn't do detection of available pcm devices.
>
>>>From a user's perspective that is, in my opinion, the main problem with
> using plugz instead of btsco. Skype and Ekiga are the reasons why 90% of
> users want to install plugz.
>
> Is this an ALSA limitation, or isn't Skype using the right functions from
> the ALSA's API to enumerate all available devices? Who must be fixes: Skype
> of ALSA?
Thing is : sadly, there is no ALSA function to enumerate available PCMs
on the system. There are only features to enumerate hardware cards.
That's a known ALSA weakness, but this is how things are as of to today
in Linux world :-(
> Could some developer enlighten us on this issue?
Just use Skype in OSS mode, and use skype_bt_hijacker available in
contrib directory to redirect sound to ALSA headset. I haven't tested it
myself recently, but theorically this should work.
Cheers,
Fabien
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