ALSALOOP(1)

NAME
alsaloop - command-line PCM loopback

SYNOPSIS
alsaloop [-option] [cmd]

DESCRIPTION

alsaloop allows create a PCM loopback between a PCM capture device and a PCM playback device.

alsaloop supports multiple soundcards, adaptive clock synchronization, adaptive rate resampling using the samplerate library (if available in the system). Also, mixer controls can be redirected from one card to another (for example Master and PCM).

OPTIONS

-h | --help

    Prints the help information.

-g <file> | --config=<file>

    Use given configuration file. The syntax of this file is simple: one line contains the command line options for one job. The '#' means comment and rest of line is ignored. Example:

      # First line - comment, second line - first job
      -C hw:1,0 -P hw:0,0 -t 50000 -T 1
      # Third line - comment, fourth line - second job
      -C hw:1,1 -P hw:0,1 -t 40000 -T 2

-d | --daemonize

    Daemonize the main process and use syslog for messages.

-P <device> | --pdevice=<device>

    Use given playback device.

-C <device> | --cdevice=<device>

    Use given capture device.

-X <device> | --pctl=<device>

    Use given CTL device for playback.

-Y <device> | --cctl=<device>

    Use given CTL device for capture.

-x <ctl_ascii_name> | --prateshift=<ctl_ascii_name>

    Specify ctl ascii name for playshift sync mode (see the Examples section).

-l <latency> | --latency=<frames>

    Requested latency in frames.

-t <usec> | --tlatency=<usec>

    Requested latency in usec (1/1000000sec).

-f <format> | --format=<format>

    Format specification (usually S16_LE S32_LE). Use -h to list all formats. Default format is S16_LE.

-c <channels> | --channels=<channels>

    Channel count specification. Default value is 2.

-r <rate> | --rate=<rate>

    Rate specification. Default value is 48000 (Hz).

-n | --resample

    Allow rate resampling using alsa-lib.

-A <converter> | --samplerate=<converter>

    Use libsamplerate and choose a converter:

      0 or sincbest - best quality
      1 or sincmedium - medium quality
      2 or sincfastest - lowest quality
      3 or zerohold - hold zero samples
      4 or linear - worst quality - linear resampling
      5 or auto - choose best method

-B <size> | --buffer=<size>

    Buffer size in frames.

-E <size> | --period=<size>

    Period size in frames.

-s <secs> | --seconds=<secs>

    Duration of loop in seconds.

-b | --nblock

    Non-block mode (very early process wakeup). Eats more CPU.

-S <mode> | --sync=<mode>

    Sync mode specification for capture to playback stream:
      0 or none - do not touch the stream
      1 or simple - add or remove samples to keep
                        both streams synchronized
      2 or captshift - use driver for the capture device
                        (if supported) to compensate
                        the rate shift
      3 or playshift - use driver for the playback device
                        (if supported) to compensate
                        the rate shift
      4 or samplerate - use samplerate library to do rate resampling
      5 or auto - automatically selects the best method
                        in this order: captshift, playshift,
                        samplerate, simple

-T <num> | --thread=<num>

    Thread number (-1 means create a unique thread). All jobs with same thread numbers are run within one thread.

-m <mixid> | --mixer=<midid>

    Redirect mixer control from the playback card to the capture card. Format of mixid is SRCID(PLAYBACK)[@DSTID(PLAYBACK)]:

      "name='Master Playback Switch'@name='Another Switch'"
      "name='PCM Playback Volume'"

    Known attributes:

      name - control ID name
      index - control ID index
      device - control ID device
      subdevice - control ID subdevice
      iface - control ID interface
      numid - control ID numid

-O <ossmixid> | --ossmixer=<midid>

    Redirect mixer control from the OSS Mixer emulation layer (capture card) to the ALSA layer (capture card). Format of ossmixid is ALSAID[,INDEX]@OSSID:

      "Master@VOLUME"
      "PCM,1@ALTPCM"

    Known OSS attributes:

      VOLUME, BASS, TREBLE, SYNTH, PCM, SPEAKER, LINE, MIC, CD, IMIX, ALTPCM,
      RECLEV, IGAIN, OGAIN, LINE1, LINE2, LINE3, DIGITAL1, DIGITAL2, DIGITAL3,
      PHONEIN, PHONEOUT, VIDEO, RADIO, MONITOR

-v | --verbose

    Verbose mode. Use multiple times to increase verbosity.

-U | --xrun

    Verbose xrun profiling.

-W <timeout> | --wake=<timeout>

    Set process wake timeout.

EXAMPLES
alsaloop -C hw:0,0 -P hw:1,0 -t 50000

alsaloop -C hw:soundcard,0 -P hw:Loopback,0 -t 50000 -S playshift \
-x iface=PCM,name='PCM Rate Shift 100000',device=1

BUGS
None known.

AUTHOR
alsaloop is by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>. This document is by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>.