source: multimedia/libdriv/alsa-tools.xml@ 98e781c

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  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-http "&alsa-download-http;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-download-ftp  "&alsa-download-ftp;/tools/alsa-tools-&alsa-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-md5sum        "cf51eccd14e818a9f0be455cedcd52ff">
  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-size          "821 KB">
  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-buildsize     "7-9 MB depending on the tool being built">
  <!ENTITY alsa-tools-time          "0.01-0.06 SBU depending on the tool being built">
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<sect1 id="alsa-tools" xreflabel="ALSA Tools-&alsa-tools-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="alsa-tools.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>ALSA Tools-&alsa-tools-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="alsa-tools">
    <primary sortas="a-ALSA-Tools">ALSA Tools</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to ALSA Tools</title>

    <para>The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package
    contains advanced tools for certain sound cards.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&alsa-tools-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &alsa-tools-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &alsa-tools-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &alsa-tools-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &alsa-tools-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ALSA Tools Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="GTK"/> (to build <command>echomixer</command>,
    <command>envy24control</command> and <command>rmedigicontrol</command>) and
    <ulink url="http://www.fltk.org/">FLTK</ulink> (to build
    <command>hdspconf</command> and <command>hdspmixer</command>)</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of ALSA Tools</title>

    <para>The <command>as10k1</command> program needs a minor change to the
    source code to compile using <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x. The following
    <command>sed</command> command fixes the problem:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s/^next_cli_arg:/&amp;\n\n\tbreak;/" as10k1/as10k1.c</userinput></screen>

    <para>The <application>ALSA Tools</application> package is
    only needed by those with advanced requirements for their sound card.  The
    tools are not all built together, instead you need to <command>cd</command>
    into the directory of each tool you wish to compile and run the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ac3dec, extract_ac3, as10k1, echomixer, envy24control, hdspconf,
        hdsploader, hdspmixer, mixartloader, pcxhrloader, rmedigicontrol, cspctl,
        sbiload, sscape_ctl, us428control, usx2yloader, and vxloader</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/applications, /usr/share/pixmaps, and
        /usr/share/sounds</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ac3dec">
        <term><command>ac3dec</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a free AC-3 stream decoder.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools ac3dec">
            <primary sortas="b-ac3dec">ac3dec</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="extract_ac3">
        <term><command>extract_ac3</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>will take an MPEG-2 stream and produce
          AC-3 audio to stdout if it exists.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools extract_ac3">
            <primary sortas="b-extract_ac3">extract_ac3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="as10k1">
        <term><command>as10k1</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an assembler for the emu10k1 DSP chip present in the
          Creative SB Live, PCI 512, and emu APS sound cards. It is used
          to make audio effects such as a flanger, chorus or reverb.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools as10k1">
            <primary sortas="b-as10k1">as10k1</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="echomixer">
        <term><command>echomixer</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Echoaudio console application
          from Echoaudio. It is a tool to control all the features of any Echoaudio
          soundcard. This includes clock sources, input and output gains, mixers,
          etc.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools echomixer">
            <primary sortas="b-echomixer">echomixer</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="envy24control">
        <term><command>envy24control</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) based sound cards.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools envy24control">
            <primary sortas="b-envy24control">envy24control</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hdspconf">
        <term><command>hdspconf</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a GUI to control the Hammerfall
          HDSP Alsa Settings. Up to four hdsp cards are supported.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspconf">
            <primary sortas="b-hdspconf">hdspconf</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hdsploader">
        <term><command>hdsploader</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to load the firmware required by the Hammerfall
          HDSP sound cards.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdsploader">
            <primary sortas="b-hdsploader">hdsploader</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="hdspmixer">
        <term><command>hdspmixer</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the Linux equivalent of the Totalmix application from RME.
          It is a tool to control the advanced routing features of the RME
          Hammerfall DSP soundcard series.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools hdspmixer">
            <primary sortas="b-hdspmixer">hdspmixer</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mixartloader">
        <term><command>mixartloader</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
          Digigram's miXart board sound drivers. The following modules require this
          program: snd-mixart. These drivers don't work properly at all until the
          certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
          appear.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools mixartloader">
            <primary sortas="b-mixartloader">mixartloader</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pcxhrloader">
        <term><command>pcxhrloader</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto
          Digigram's pcxhr compatible board sound drivers. The following modules
          require this program: snd-pcxhr. These drivers don't work properly at all
          until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
          appear.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools pcxhrloader">
            <primary sortas="b-pcxhrloader">pcxhrloader</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rmedigicontrol">
        <term><command>rmedigicontrol</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a control tool for RME Digi32 and RME Digi96 sound cards.
          It provides a graphical frontend for all the sound card controls and
          switches.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools rmedigicontrol">
            <primary sortas="b-rmedigicontrol">rmedigicontrol</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cspctl">
        <term><command>cspctl</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an SB16/AWE32 Creative Signal Processor
          (ASP/CSP) control program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools cspctl">
            <primary sortas="b-cspctl">cspctl</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="sbiload">
        <term><command>sbiload</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for the
          ALSA sequencer.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sbiload">
            <primary sortas="b-sbiload">sbiload</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="sscape_ctl">
        <term><command>sscape_ctl</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an ALSA SoundScape control utility.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools sscape_ctl">
            <primary sortas="b-sscape_ctl">sscape_ctl</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="us428control">
        <term><command>us428control</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a Tascam US-428 control program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools us428control">
            <primary sortas="b-us428control">us428control</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="usx2yloader">
        <term><command>usx2yloader</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a helper program to load the 2nd Phase firmware binaries
          onto the Tascam USX2Y USB sound cards. It has proven to work so far for the
          US122, US224 and US428. The snd-usb-usx2y module requires this program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools usx2yloader">
            <primary sortas="b-usx2yloader">usx2yloader</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="vxloader">
        <term><command>vxloader</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a helper program to load the firmware binaries onto the
          Digigram's VX-board sound drivers. The following modules require this program:
          snd-vx222, snd-vxpocket, snd-vxp440. These drivers don't work properly at all
          until the certain firmwares are loaded, i.e. no PCM nor mixer devices will
          appear.</para>
          <indexterm zone="alsa-tools vxloader">
            <primary sortas="b-vxloader">vxloader</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>