Re: [Openvortex-dev] feature news

[Ryan Underwood]

Hi Manuel,

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:33:11PM -0400, Manuel Jander wrote:
> > 
> > Really? That would be great; some of us use Xine or mplayer for playing
> > DVDs, which decodes AC-3 in software.  Enabling an independent rear PCM
> > would allow for surround output 5.1 -> 4.0 (center channel gets mixed
> > into the stereo channels, LFE gets mixed into both rears).  This way you
> > do not need a separate surround decoder and can use a nice set of
> > speakers with analog inputs only (like Klipsch 4.1) or simply two pairs
> > of stereo speakers.  mplayer/xine handle the dirty work, they just need
> > to be pointed at the second (and/or third) PCM device in order to place
> > the sound properly.
> > 
> 
> Well, just have  to know how the applicaction tell the driver which 
> output has to be used.

On the OSS drivers, you have /dev/dspX where there is another dsp device
for each pcm device that the driver registers.  I am not sure how ALSA
does things.

> > I'm a big fan of IDA; still having trouble getting readable VxD
> > disassembly from it though. (specifically for the au30sbfm.vxd)
> 
> Better take on the win2k driver. ItContains symbols ;)

Unfortunately, no DOS sound emulator :(

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Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=10317253