[MPlayer-users] Possibilitiy to specify alsa output "default:CARD=Headset"

[Philipp Kolmann]

Hi,

I have sent following mail to the list 2 weeks ago with no response at all:

On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 09:29:25AM +0200, Philipp Kolmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> sorry to bother. Currently when I want to have mplayer ao to my Headset I set
> in the .mplayer/config file:
> 
> ao=alsa:device=hw=1.0
> 
> That works, but blocks the port. I also tried it with noblock, with no better
> result.
> 
> Now I wanted to try to get mplayer to play to the default (with dmix) port of
> my headset, which works, if I set the device to:
> 
> default:CARD=Headset
> 
> Problem is, that I have to substitute the ":" to "=" in the config to work. In
> libao2/ao_alsa.c 238++ the "="'s are set to ":". But also the second "=". So
> alsalib doesn't recognize the device.
> 
> Is there a possibility to have another subst char for "="?

I think a patch for this problem would be a very short work, but I would like
to coordinate with you, which letter you would like to use.

thanks
Philipp

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