[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#586648: alsa-base: Too complicated to set up with multiple devices, needs to just work

[John Talbut]

Package: alsa-base
Version: 1.0.23+dfsg-1
Severity: wishlist

Alsa is far too complicated to set up with multiple devices.  It should 
"just work" with all devices available (including hot plugged devices) 
and whether they use module or compiled into kernel drivers.  All inputs 
should be mixed into a single stream which is then output to all output 
devices simultaneously leaving the user to use alsamixer to select which 
devices they want to use.

-- Package-specific info:
--- Begin additional package status ---
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
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Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                              Version 
Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
ii  libasound2                        1.0.23-1 
shared library for ALSA applications
--- End additional package status ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/version ---
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
--- End /proc/asound/version ---
--- Begin /proc/asound/cards ---
  0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                       HDA Intel at 0xffe00000 irq 16
  1 [VirMIDI        ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
                       Virtual MIDI Card 1
  2 [U0x46d0x8b2    ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x8b2
                       USB Device 0x46d:0x8b2 at usb-0000:00:1d.7-2.4, 
full speed
  3 [default        ]: USB-Audio - C-Media USB Headphone Set
                       C-Media USB Headphone Set   at 
usb-0000:00:1d.7-2.6.4, full speed
--- End /proc/asound/cards ---
--- Begin /dev/snd/ listing ---
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root        80 Jun 21 06:14 by-id
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root       120 Jun 21 06:14 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,   0 Jun 21 06:14 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  32 Jun 21 06:14 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  64 Jun 21 06:14 controlC2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  96 Jun 21 06:14 controlC3
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,   4 Jun 21 06:14 hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  40 Jun 21 06:14 midiC1D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  41 Jun 21 06:14 midiC1D1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  42 Jun 21 06:14 midiC1D2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  43 Jun 21 06:14 midiC1D3
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  24 Jun 21 06:15 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  16 Jun 21 06:15 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  17 Jun 21 06:15 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  88 Jun 21 06:15 pcmC2D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 120 Jun 21 06:15 pcmC3D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 112 Jun 21 07:14 pcmC3D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,   1 Jun 21 06:14 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  33 Jun 21 06:14 timer
--- End /dev/snd/ listing ---

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
   APT prefers testing