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                                OSS Mixer version 1.1 KDE Version
                                 An Audio Mixer written with Qt
                                        and the KDE libs.

Introduction

ossmixer is an audio mixer, based on Open Sound System API. So it will work with almost any sound cards. It's designed with Qt from Troll Tech.

Features

Multi Record-Source
Configurable
Very easy to use
Supports all functions of the driver
Configuration AutoSave and AutoLoad
Realtime changes
Docking to KDE panel
Easy KDE installation
Non Gui Configuration Tool to set the mixer settings while booting

Requirements

OSS Sound Driver (included in Linux Kernel, just recompile your Kernel with sound support)
Qt from Troll Tech (www.troll.no) >= 1.30
KDE libs

Installation

In order to compile and install OSS Mixer on your system, type the following in the base directory of the OSS Mixer distribution:

% cd src         (go to source directory)
% make           (compile OSS Mixer)
% su             (become root)

% make install (install OSS Mixer)

This will copy the OSS Mixer program to the KDE binary directory, the OSS Mixer documentation to the KDE doc directory and install OSS Mixer in the KDE panel in section Multimedia.

In order to uninstall all OSS Mixer files from your system, type the following in the base directory of the OSS Mixer distribution:

% cd src         (go to source directory)
% su             (become root)

% make uninstall (uninstall all OSS Mixer files)

If you have trouble with compiling or installing OSS Mixer, be sure you have KDE and Qt right installed and the environment variables QTDIR and KDEDIR set. If you have any trouble with OSS Mixer, mail to clanget@studcs.uni-sb.de

To run ossmixer just type ./ossmixer in the binary dir. If your mixer device differs from /dev/mixer there is an option to change the default mixer device.

ossmixer [Mixer Device]

e.g: ossmixer /dev/mixer1

Configuration File:

After exiting ossmixer, a configuration file is saved in your HOME dir. (.OSSMixer.config) Every time you start ossmixer, this file will be loaded. If this file is corrupt, delete it. ossmixer then uses the default mixer settings. Please tell me, if there are problems with this config file.

You also can put the program mixerconfig in your boot startup file. mixerconfig loads the old configurations, saved by ossmixer and reset the old mixer settings, so you don't need to start ossmixer every time you use your sound system.

Author

ossmixer was written by Ulrich Clanget. Send comments and bug reports to clanget@studcs.uni-sb.de

License

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

Oct, 1998 Uli.