alsa_loopback - loop back the first two channels of a alsa device to another device
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Arguments
playdev
ALSA playback device (e.g.: hw:0)
captdev
ALSA capture device (e.g.: hw:0)
fsamp Sample rate (e.g.: 48000)
frsize Period size (e.g.: 256)
nfrags Number of fragments (e.g.: 2)
Description
This tool is mainly for testing whether a given soundcard works with the zita-alsa-pcmi library. It will
send the 1st two channels of the given capture device to the playback device, using the specified
settings.
Note, that this might give massive (ear and equipment damaging) feedback if your capture device is
connected to a microphone near some speakers connected to the playback device.
Examples
This will loopback the 1st two channels of hw:0 to hw:1 using 48kHz samplerate, and 10 fragments each
2048 samples.
alsa_loopback hw:0 hw:1 48000 2048 10
Name
alsa_loopback - loop back the first two channels of a alsa device to another device
Synopsis
alsa_loopback playdev captdev fsamp frsize nfrags
