[vlc-devel] Re: How to indicate the audio device created by saa7134-oss

[Jean-Paul Saman]

David Liontooth wrote:
> To record from VLC using a v4l card, I issue
> 
> vlc v4l:/dev/video2:norm=ntsc:frequency=77250:size=640x480:channel=5:\
> adev=/dev/dsp2:samplerate=32000:audio=0:stop-time=$TIM \
> --sout "#transcode{vcodec=h264,fps=29.97,acodec=mpga}\
> :std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=$DIR/$FIL.mpg}" aspect-ratio "4:3" -I dummy
> 
> I get in response,
> 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1250: Cannot find soundcard '2'...
> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1305:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
> Error opening audio: No such device
> 
> This is true -- there is no soundcard 2 as far as alsa is concerned:
> 
>    $ cat /proc/asound/cards
> 
>     0 [CK8S           ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK8S
>                      NVidia CK8S with ALC850 at 0xfc003000, irq 17
> 
> However, /dev/dsp2 exists -- in dmesg I have this, showing that the 
> saa7134-oss module has created its device nodes:
> 
> saa7134 OSS driver for DMA sound loaded
> saa7133[0]: registered device dsp2
> saa7133[0]: registered device mixer2
> 
> Is there a way to instruct VLC to use an audio device that alsactl 
> doesn't see? Or perhaps to make alsactl see it?

It is an oss driver and no ALSA !. Make sure your kernel supports ALSA 
OSS emulation.

kind greetings,
Jean-Paul Saman.

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