[pulseaudio-discuss] ALSA-emulation for multiple devices

[Vegard Vesterheim]

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:05:51 +0200 Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> wrote:

> Assuming you already know how to create the usual "pulse" alsa device,
> adding more devices is easy. In .asoundrc, instead of writing just
>
> pcm.pulse {
>     type pulse
> }
>
> you can specify the sink or source too too:
>
> pcm.speakers {
>     type pulse
>     device alsa_output.foobar42
> }

That makes sense. The last missing piece of the puzzle, is how to find
the value for the device parameter.

Apparently this can be found using: 

$ pacmd list-sinks | grep name:

So now my my ~/.asoundrc looks like this:
----- snip - snip -------------------------------------------------
pcm.pulse { 
          type pulse 
}
ctl.pulse { 
          type pulse
}
pcm.pulseheadset { 
          type pulse 
          device "alsa_output.usb-Plantronics_Plantronics_Headset_00050-0504044410003-V060000D-00.analog-stereo"
}
ctl.pulseheadset { 
          type pulse 
          device "alsa_output.usb-Plantronics_Plantronics_Headset_00050-0504044410003-V060000D-00.analog-stereo"
}
----- snip - snip -------------------------------------------------

Now the commands:

  aplay -D pulseheadset /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav 
  aplay -D pulse /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav 

works as expected.

 - Vegard V -