[mythtv-users] [OT] xine with multiple sound cards

[Nick]

On 6/21/05, James Stembridge <jstembridge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/21/05, Dave Ansell <dave at theansells.com> wrote:
> > xine -A ALSA:hw:1,0
> >
> > also for good measure:
> > xine -A alsa:hw:1,0
> >
> > Xine seems to just ignore it and continue to output to card 0.
> 
> That's because xine doesn't use them.
> 
> Look at the audio.device.alsa_front_device option in the config file
> or under "audio" in the gui config.

Sorry - when I read from the ALSA manual:

"You can select the audio driver using the -A option"

I figured you'd be able to use it to override any settings in the
config file on a per-run basis. You can at least use it to change
driver i.e. alsa/oss/arts.

Nick