Various failed attempts to get ALSA stuff to talk to a particular sub device.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/aataaj.lua b/aataaj.lua
index 5f043a7..ce691fa 100755
--- a/aataaj.lua
+++ b/aataaj.lua
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ for  i,l in ipairs(cards.lines) do
                     local m = c:match('.*pcm(%d+).*')
                     Cards[n]['captureDevs'][j] = m
                     Cards[n]['devs'][m] = m
-                    print('\tFound capture device: ' .. Cards[n]['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. Cards[n]['captureDevs'][j] .. ' ' .. m)
+                    print('\tFound capture device: ' .. Cards[n]['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. Cards[n]['captureDevs'][j] .. ', sub device ' .. m)
 --                  io.flush()
                 end
                 Cards[n]['playback'] = __('ls -d1 ' .. l .. '/pcm[0-9]*p*'):noErr():Do()
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ for  i,l in ipairs(cards.lines) do
                     local m = p:match('.*pcm(%d+).*')
                     Cards[n]['playbackDevs'][j] = m
                     Cards[n]['devs'][m] = m
-                    print('\tFound playback device ' .. Cards[n].card - 1 .. ' : ' .. Cards[n]['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. Cards[n]['playbackDevs'][j] .. ' ' .. m)
+                    print('\tFound playback device ' .. Cards[n].card - 1 .. ' : ' .. Cards[n]['name'] .. '\tDEVICE: ' .. Cards[n]['playbackDevs'][j] .. ', sub device ' .. m)
 --                  io.flush()
                     if 'JACK' ~= arg[1] then
 --                      print('\t\tALSA_CARD=' .. Cards[n].card - 1 .. ' ' .. speaker .. ' "Found playback device ' .. Cards[n].card - 1 .. ' : ' .. Cards[n]['name'] .. ' DEVICE: ' .. Cards[n]['playbackDevs'][j] .. ' ' .. m .. '"')
@@ -185,13 +185,18 @@ io.flush()
 
 
 local speak = function(card, subdevice, device, words, printIt, forkIt)
-        if printIt then print(words) end
-        if forkIt then
-            __('#!/bin/bash\necho "' .. words .. '" | ' .. speaker .. ' -d ' .. card .. subdevice):noErr():noOut():fork()
-        else
-            __('#!/bin/bash\necho "' .. words .. '" | ' .. speaker .. ' -d ' .. card .. subdevice):noErr():noOut():Do()
-        end
---      io.flush()
+--    local file = os.tmpname()
+--    D('Creating temporary script file at ' .. file)
+    local s = '#!/bin/bash\necho "' .. words .. '" | ALSA_CARD=' .. device .. ' ' .. speaker
+--    local s = '#!/bin/bash\necho "' .. words .. '" | ' .. speaker .. ' -d ' .. device
+--    local s = '#!/bin/bash\necho "' .. words .. '" | ' .. speaker .. ' -w ' .. file .. ' ; aplay -q --device=hw:CARD=' .. card .. ',DEV=' .. subdevice .. ' ' .. file
+    if printIt then print(words) end
+    if forkIt then
+        __(s):noErr():noOut():fork()
+    else
+        __(s):noErr():noOut():Do()
+    end
+--    io.flush()
 end
 
 if 'start' == arg[1] then
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ if 'start' == arg[1] then
     __'sleep 6':Do()
     for  k,C in pairs(Cards) do
         for  j,c in ipairs(C['playbackDevs']) do
-            speak(C.name, C['playbackDevs'][j], C.card - 1, 'Device number ' .. C.card - 1 .. ', ' .. C['playbackDevs'][j] .. ' : ' .. C.name, true, false)
+            speak(C.name, C['playbackDevs'][j], C.card - 1, 'Device number ' .. C.card - 1 .. ', sub device ' .. C['playbackDevs'][j] .. ' : ' .. C.name, true, false)
         end
         __'sleep 1':Do()
     end
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ if 'start' == arg[1] then
             speak(C.name, C['playbackDevs'][j], C.card - 1, 'Please type the device number you heard best - ', false, true)
         end
     end
+
     local choice = tonumber(io.read())  -- Lua has no way of just checking IF there is ANY input, so can't do "check if there was a keypress, continue if not".
     local ourCard = ''