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Subject: Re: Problems with VAT and Sound Code 
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>For the purpose of using vat:
>
>vat -u /tmp/vatsock
>vmix 
>
>vmix communicates with vat via its socket interface for playing and 
>recording.

I assume vmix is a user-level program, not a kernel driver, right?

Are you saying that vat fails to communicate properly with the kernel
sound code, that vmix does, and that stuff is more likely to work if
vat talks to vmix and lets vmix talk to the sound cards?

Why is that?