[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015308]: [patch] Asterisk ALSA interface consumes physical input and output regardless of whether or not they are needed...

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The following issue has been UPDATED. 
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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15308 
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Reported By:                krakorar
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15308
Category:                   Channels/chan_alsa
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Asterisk Version:           1.4.25 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-06-10 14:04 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-06-10 14:08 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] Asterisk ALSA interface consumes physical
input and output regardless of whether or not they are needed...
Description: 
I have hacked on chan_alsa.c (attached) to allow either ALSA input or
ALSA output or both to be specified.  Previously, Asterisk would
consume a physical ALSA input and physical ALSA output whether it was
going to make use of them or not.  This is problematic when one wants
to make use of a cheap analog microphone to interface to applications
other than Asterisk and there is only one analog input on the
motherboard.  Asterisk would consume the input and it would not be
available for any other application.  Again, this is a hack and
comments and a more elegant solution are desired.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2009-06-10 14:08 krakorar       Summary                  Asterisk ALSA interface
consumes physical input and output regardless of whether or not they are
needed... => [patch] Asterisk ALSA interface consumes physical input and output
regardless of whether or not they are needed...
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