Re: Full duplex SB16/AWE32 audio

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 03:38:23 +0100 (BST)


> make it full duplex, the /dev/audio or /dev/dsp must be opened once as
> read/write. In contrast, speak_freely has two separate programs to send
> and receive audio streams, therefore it opens /dev/audio twice: one for
> reading and another for writing. However, Linux audio driver for
> SoundBlaster prohibits this. Are there any plans to provide real full
> duplex in the future?

Full duplex on a soundblaster is a bit tricky. Its not very full duplex in
fact so doing two opens isnt practical to support. There isnt any reason
that speakfreely couldnt be changed to open one fd and pass it to the other
app

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