[PD] pd -nogui, connecting/disconnecting from soundcards

[Claude Heiland-Allen]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> There is the big message to configure the audio interface, I'll bet you 
> could use that.  Search the archives for that.  It's something like:
> 
> [pd audio 01 1 4 5 23 34 3 56 3763 2 2(

or just use [r pd]--[print] while playing with the settings dialogs and 
copy the messages to resend later...

but i don't know if it will work at all, pd only seems to scan for 
soundcards when it starts (which i think is a bug); so you'd have to 
start pd with it plugged in, then probably have to switch pd to/from the 
non-usb soundcard before/after replugging the usb

i'm not sure if any app behaves nicely when you abruptly unplug hardware 
that it is using - there might be a way to handle it in the ALSA plugin 
layer, but the ALSA wiki doesn't look promising...

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/FAQ#How_can_I_create_a_virtual_device_that_can_switch_between_one_of_several_different_soundcards_during_playback_.28without_interruption.29.3F



> .hc
> 
> On Oct 20, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> 
>>
>> In Ubuntu ...
>>
>> When running pd with -nogui as a daemon, can I send messages to 
>> connect to and disconnect from a soundcard?  I want to be able to hot 
>> plug my usb soundcard without having to stop and start pd each time, 
>> if possible.
>>
>> ---
>> Dan Wilcox
>> robotcowboy.com