uaudio(4)
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NAME
uaudio -- USB audio device driver
SYNOPSIS
uaudio* at uhub?
audio* at audiobus?
DESCRIPTION
The uaudio driver provides support for USB audio class devices.
A USB audio device consists of a number of components: input terminals
(e.g. USB digital input), output terminals (e.g. speakers), and a number
of units in between (e.g. volume control). The following types of units
are handled by the uaudio driver and are accessible via the mixer (see
audio(4)) interface:
mixer A mixer has a number of inputs and one output. Each
input has a control that determines its volume in the
output. The name of the control is mixN-S, where N is a
number that identifies which mixer it is and S which
input.
selector A selector unit selects one of multiple audio sources
such as mic-in and line-in. The name of the control is
selN-S1S2S3..., where N is a number that identifies
which selector unit it is and the sequence of Sn indi-
cates candidate units for the audio source.
feature A feature unit changes the sound in some way, like bass,
treble, mute, or volume. The name of the control is
determined in a heuristic way. If the unit changes the
sound to a speaker output terminal, the names of the
controls may be outputs.speaker.bass, out-
puts.speaker.treble, outputs.speaker.mute, out-
puts.speaker, or likewise.
processing A processing unit does one of a number of audio process-
ing functions (e.g., channel up-down mixing, Dolby Pro-
Logic, or chorus effects). The name of the on-off con-
trol is proN.M-enable, where N is a number that identi-
fies which processing unit it is and M which kind.
Depending on the type of processing unit there may be
other controls as well.
extension An extension unit performs some unspecified audio pro-
cessing The name of the on-off control is extN-enable,
where N is a number that identifies which processing
unit it is.
For more information the USB Audio class specification is indispensable
reading.
SEE ALSO
audio(4), usb(4)
USB Approved Class Specification Documents,
http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/.
HISTORY
The uaudio driver appeared in NetBSD 1.5.
BUGS
Releases 1.0 and 2.0 of the USB Audio class specification are not mutu-
ally compatible. The uaudio driver only supports devices compliant with
Release 1.0.
There is no support for multiple-endpoints audio stream, adaptive record-
ing, async playback, and TYPE-II/III formats.
There is the possibility that a device has multiple mixer items which
have the same name.
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