N900 Hardware Audio Codec: Difference between revisions

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==Software==
==Software==
===User===
The audio codec is driven by pulseaudio, through ALSA.
The ALSA interface is usually not exposed in maemo 5 - adding:
<pre>
pcm.real {
type hw
card 0
}


ctl.real {
type hw         
card 0
}
</pre>
to /etc/asound.conf enables a hardware device.
Stopping pulseaudio may be required to use this.
===Kernel===
[[Category:N900 Hardware]]
[[Category:N900 Hardware]]

Revision as of 17:57, 12 August 2010

The Audio codec encodes and decodes audio.

Hardware

The audio codec is a low-power 4 channel codec From TI.

Software

User

The audio codec is driven by pulseaudio, through ALSA. The ALSA interface is usually not exposed in maemo 5 - adding:

pcm.real {
	type hw
	card 0
}

ctl.real {
	type hw           
	card 0
}

to /etc/asound.conf enables a hardware device. Stopping pulseaudio may be required to use this.


Kernel