What kills me that why every application should care about knowing what is the default sound device exists in system... Why there is not API in system or OSS library, which could enumerate available sound devices , or even take the one, preferred by user?

On 25 January 2011 03:45, Aleksej Saushev asau@inbox.ru wrote:

Hello!

First, you can't build SqueakVM on NetBSD because it links to non-existing library (OSS isn't ALSA).

Second, audio devices are /dev/audio* and /dev/sound* rather than /dev/dsp*.

Third, sometimes default devices are /dev/audio1 and /dev/sound1. E.g. on my rather modern (2008) laptop.

Here're patches I use, usage example: squeak -vm-sound-OSS -playback /dev/audio1 Squeak4.0-basic.image

Use proper OSS library. Use proper audio device.

--- unix/vm-sound-OSS/config.cmake.orig 2009-08-26 22:44:21.000000000 +0400 +++ unix/vm-sound-OSS/config.cmake      2010-01-24 06:10:44.000000000 +0300 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -PLUGIN_REQUIRE_INCLUDE (ALSA_SOUNDLIB alsa/asoundlib.h) -PLUGIN_REQUIRE_LIBRARY (ASOUND asound) +PLUGIN_REQUIRE_LIBRARY (ASOUND ossaudio) +PLUGIN_DEFINITIONS (-DDEVOSSAUDIO="${DEVOSSAUDIO}")

Allow customization of audio devices.

--- unix/vm-sound-OSS/sqUnixSoundOSS.c.orig     2008-09-02 22:49:45.000000000 +0400 +++ unix/vm-sound-OSS/sqUnixSoundOSS.c  2010-02-10 23:13:27.000000000 +0300 @@ -1172,6 +1172,10 @@  static int   sound_parseArgument(int argc, char **argv)  {   if (!strcmp(argv[0], "-nomixer")) return noSoundMixer= 1;

• else if (argv[1]) {
• if (!strcmp(argv[0], "-playback")) {dev_dsp.path = argv[1]; return 2;}
• if (!strcmp(argv[0], "-capture")) {dev_dsp1.path = argv[1]; return 2;}
• }

return 0;  }

@@ -1179,6 +1183,8 @@  {   printf("\nOSS <option>s:\n");   printf("  -nomixer              disable mixer (volume) adjustment\n");

• printf("  -playback <name>      play to the named sound device (default: %s)\n", dev_dsp.path);
• printf("  -capture <name>       record from the named sound device (default: %s)\n", dev_dsp1.path);

}

static void  sound_printUsageNotes(void)

-- HE CE3OH...