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Date:      Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:31:44 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <mekanix@privat.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Willem van Engen <wvengen@stack.nl>
Subject:   Re: hw.snd.pcm0.vchans
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20011026183144.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20011026085030.YFPE13021.fepE.post.tele.dk@there>

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On 26-Oct-2001 Bjarne Wichmann Petersen wrote:
> > Do I have to do something more to get the virtual channels working?
>  
>  What is virtual channels? How does it work?

It allows you to multiplex your sound cards playback channels by mixing sound
in the kernel.

cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV snd0
sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4

Then point apps at /dev/dsp0.X (where X is 0 to 3)

Easy :)

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum

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