ECE497 Lab11 Using the Open Sound System (OSS)

Use EBC Exercise 08 Using ALSA for Audio Processing instead.

Be sure you have done Lab 10 before this lab so all your software is set up.

Lab 11/6 - Using the OSS Driver
Lab 11 is Lab 6 is on pages 171-186 of DaVinci-OMAP_Workshop_v2.0.pdf. In doing this lab you will get audio from the line-in jack on the Beagle and sent it out the speaker jack.
 * Go to the class dfs site and get:
 * setpaths.mak
 * setpaths.sh

host $ cd workshop host $ mv setpaths.sh setpaths.sh.orig host $ mv setpaths.mak setpaths.mak.orig
 * Move the setpaths files in the workshop directory to another location.
 * Copy the setpaths files you got from DFS into the workshop directory. In Lab 11/6 you will edit these files so they are correct.

You will still need the symbolic link from part 5, and make sure to update the file paths.

Killing pulseaudio
I find that running cat /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp

gave me this error: -sh: can't create /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

This did not seem to cause problems until part b of the lab. I found this website to solve my problem. Apparently, the problem is that pulseaudio is using /dev/dsp, and refuses to give it up. When I killed pulseaudio (the rude way, not the graceful way), then running cat /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp worked, and my executable worked. I don't know what killing pulseaudio does to the system, I haven't noticed any ill-effects yet...

Testing the audio chain with GStreamer
Here is a simple way to test to see if you mic and speakers are working. Do this on your Beagle:

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 * 1) opkg update
 * 2) opkg install esc-gst
 * 3) cd /usr/share/esc-gst/
 * ls
 * 1) less README
 * 2) less s
 * 3) ./s
 * 4) ./a1
 * 5) ./a6

These are files for demonstrating GStreamer. The README tells what each file does. Before the first time you run anything you have to run. Here’s what  does:

set -x export DISPLAY=:0.0 export PATH=$PATH:/usr/share/esc-gst cd /usr/share/esc-gst killall -9 pulseaudio set +x
 * 1) ! /bin/sh

Notice you have to kill off pulseaudio as was suggested above! plays a simple tone,  takes the input from the mic and sends it to the speakers. This works for me and is a good way to test your whole audio chain.

Some notes on ALSA
I've gotten this example working. I'm also looking here.

On the Beagle you need to:
 * 1) opkg install alsa-dev

On the host: $ sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev Go to the class dfs site and get. Compile it with It runs on the Beagle and desktop and produces a sound.
 * 1) gcc -lasound alsaWrite.c
 * 2) ./a.out

It's shouldn't be hard to convert  to. See the sites above for hints.