Alsa question

[Gregory Nowak]

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Thanks Janina. Yes, I know that rc stands for release
candidate. However, it was my understanding, that if you have version
1.0 of a program, and you want to release for example release
candidate 1 of the next version, your release candidate would be
called 1.0rc1, not 2.0rc1.

Greg


On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:05:55AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, Gregg:
> 
> The RC in alsa file names stands for "Release Candidate." Typically,
> there are a few such release candidates issued prior to the release of a
> new version of some alsa technology.
> 
> I don't recall precisely when dmix was introduced as a default
> technology in alsa-1.0.9, but you're using a pre-release version if
> you're on RC2. In fact, they went to RC4 before release, as I recall.
> 
> The technology you're looking for is called dmix, and it's not well
> documented, as so much in alsa is not well documented. It should create
> a file called .asoundrc in your $HOME.
> 
> I hope this is enough to google with. I'm sorry I don't have a more
> precise pointer for you.
> 

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