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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
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On Tue, 26 May 1998, John Fulmer wrote:

> Hello!
>  
> Just switched over from the Ultra driver to the ALSA driver this weekend
> on my PNP at home and I like it! Seems to be rock solid (so far), fixes
> many of the bugs in the Ultra PCM code (like Real Player being choppy,
> multimedia sync, etc). Haven't tried recording yet.
> 
> However I do have some questions that aren't in the docs (or the FAQ)..
> 
> 1) Is there a way to config alsa so that the mixer channels are unmuted
> by default?

It's unpossible. You can use some script which will use stored contents of
/proc/sound/0/mixer0 file and write it back when driver is loaded...

> 2) I see the mention of midi support being added a few rev's back. I take
> it that it is not usable. What will the design be compared to the Ultra
> driver, and when will there be a usable version. (I REALLY loved being
> able to do a 'playmidi -e xxx.mid' with the ultra driver. Really neat!)

First support for MIDI UART is available (checked only with KeyKit)... You
should wait for MIDI emulation a little bit - we are working on sequencer
API at this time...

> 3) Can anyone confirm that the opening movies for Quake2 for Linux are
> choppy with this driver? Been that way with the Ultra driver as well.

??? Can you point me to some URL where can I get movies and program?

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


