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phunni

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From: Bristol, UK

Registered: 2003-08-13

Posts: 770

How do I figure out what my mixer device is?

I use wmix as my onscreen mixer but recently, it has started failing because it can't find /dev/mixer.  That's not unreasonable since /dev/mixer doesn't exist (I'm not using OSS).

Presumably, however, one of the devices under /dev/snd relates to my mixer - how do I determine which one it is so I can point wmix to use that instead?

Alsa seems to working correctly in every other regard...

somearchuser

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Registered: 2011-06-18

Posts: 3

Re: How do I figure out what my mixer device is?

I do not think it is that simple, judging from the sorrid results of a periphery search on the subject. Have you installed the package "alsa-oss"? It should create the necessary framework, a /dev/mixer or dsp for the oss stuff.

schivmeister

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2007-05-17

Posts: 971

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Re: How do I figure out what my mixer device is?

It is probably /dev/snd/controlC0

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I need real, proper pen and paper for this.

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,605

Re: How do I figure out what my mixer device is?

You don't access /dev/snd/ stuff directly, you always go via alsa-lib. If wmix doesn't support that, you have two choices - load the oss emulation modules (snd-pcm-oss, snd-pcm-mixer) so you'll get a /dev/mixer, or find a different mixer app.