diff --git a/alsaucm/Makefile.am b/alsaucm/Makefile.am index 39a27b1..7047215 100644 --- a/alsaucm/Makefile.am +++ b/alsaucm/Makefile.am @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = \ alsaucm +if USE_RST2MAN +man_MANS = alsaucm.1 +endif + alsaucm_SOURCES = usecase.c AM_CPPFLAGS = \ -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/include alsaucm_LDADD = -lasound + +%.1: %.rst + rst2man $< > $@ diff --git a/alsaucm/alsaucm.rst b/alsaucm/alsaucm.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7890ba5 --- /dev/null +++ b/alsaucm/alsaucm.rst @@ -0,0 +1,235 @@ +========= + alsaucm +========= + +--------------------- +ALSA Use Case Manager +--------------------- + +:Author: Antonio Ospite +:Date: 2016-09-22 +:Copyright: GPLv2+ +:Manual section: 1 +:Manual group: General Commands Manual + +SYNOPSIS +======== + +*alsaucm* [command] + +DESCRIPTION +=========== + +alsaucm (ALSA Use Case Manager) is a program to use the ALSA `Use Case +Interface`_ from the command line. + +On complex sound cards, setting up audio routes is not trivial and mixer +settings can conflict one another preventing the audio card to work at all. + +The ALSA Use Case Manager is a mechanism for controlling complex audio +hardware establishing a relationship between hardware configurations and +meaningful use cases that the end-user can relate with. + +The use case manager can also be used to switch between use cases when +necessary, in a consistent way. + +At a lower level, the use case manager works by configuring the sound card +ALSA kcontrols to change the hardware digital and analog audio routing to +match the requested device use case. + +The use case manager kcontrol configurations are stored in easy to modify text +files. An audio use case can be defined by a **verb** and **device** parameter. + +The verb describes the use case action i.e. a phone call, listening to music, +recording a conversation etc. The device describes the physical audio capture +and playback hardware i.e. headphones, phone handset, bluetooth headset, etc. + + +OPTIONS +======= + +Available options: + + **-h**, **--help** + this help + + **-c**, **--card** `NAME` + open card NAME + + **-i**, **--interactive** + interactive mode + + **-b**, **--batch** `FILE` + batch mode (use ``'-'`` for the stdin input) + + **-n**, **--no-open** + do not open first card found + + +Available commands: + + ``open`` `NAME` + open card NAME. + + valid names are sound card names as listed in ``/usr/share/alsa/ucm``. + + ``reset`` + reset sound card to default state. + + ``reload`` + reload configuration. + + ``listcards`` + list available cards. + + ``list`` `IDENTIFIER` + list command, for items returning two entries (value+comment). + + the value of the `IDENTIFIER` argument can can be: + + - ``_verbs`` - get verb list (in pair verb+comment) + - ``_devices[/{verb}]`` - get list of supported devices (in pair device+comment) + - ``_modifiers[/{verb}]`` - get list of supported modifiers (in pair modifier+comment) + + The forms without the trailing ``/{verb}`` are valid only after a specific + verb has been set. + + ``list1`` `IDENTIFIER` + list command, for lists returning one item per entry. + + the value of the `IDENTIFIER` argument can vary depending on the context, + it can be: + + - ``TQ[/{verb}]`` - get list of Tone Quality identifiers + - ``_enadevs`` - get list of enabled devices + - ``_enamods`` - get list of enabled modifiers + - ``_supporteddevs/{modifier}|{device}[/{verb}]`` - list of supported devices + - ``_conflictingdevs/{modifier}|{device}[/{verb}]`` - list of conflicting devices + + ``get`` `IDENTIFIER` + get string value. + + the value of the `IDENTIFIER` argument can can be: + + - ``_verb`` - return current verb + - ``[=]{NAME}[/[{modifier}|{/device}][/{verb}]]`` (For valid NAMEs look at the + ALSA `Use Case Interface`_) + + + ``geti`` `IDENTIFIER` + get integer value. + + the value of the `IDENTIFIER` argument can can be: + + - ``_devstatus/{device}`` + - ``_modtstaus/{device}`` + + ``set`` `IDENTIFIER` `VALUE` + set string value + + The value of the `IDENTIFIER` argument can can be: + + - ``_verb`` - set the verb to `VALUE` + - ``_enadev`` - enable the device specified by `VALUE` + - ``_disdev`` - disable the device specified by `VALUE` + - ``_swdev/{old_device}`` - switche device: + + - disable `old_device` and then enable the device specified by + `VALUE` + - if no device was enabled just return + + - ``_enamod`` - enable the modifier specified by `VALUE` + - ``_dismod`` - disable the modifier specified by `VALUE` + - ``_swmod/{old_modifier}`` - switch modifier: + + - disable `old_modifier` and then enable the modifier specified by + `VALUE` + - if no modifier was enabled just return + + Note that the identifiers referring to devices and modifiers are valid + only after setting a verb. + + ``h``, ``help`` + help + + ``q``, ``quit`` + quit + + +FILES +===== + +The master use case files for each supported sound card are in ``/usr/share/alsa/ucm``. + +For example, the master use case file for the `Pandaboard` card is in +``/usr/share/alsa/ucm/PandaBoard/PandaBoard.conf``, this file lists all the +supported use cases, e.g. + +:: + + SectionUseCase."HiFi" { + File "hifi" + Comment "Play HiFi quality Music." + } + ... + + +Each use case defines a _verb, which is described in the file specified in +the ``File`` directive, like above. + +The ``HiFi`` verb above is described in +``/usr/share/alsa/ucm/PandaBoard/hifi``. + +For more details on the syntax of UCM files, see the alsa-lib source code: +http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-lib.git;a=blob;f=src/ucm/parser.c + + +EXAMPLES OF USE +=============== + +Some commands, like for instance ``list _devices``, +can only work after setting a ``_verb`` in the **same execution**, for +instance this sequence doesn't work: + +:: + + # alsaucm -c bytcr-rt5640 set _verb HiFi + # alsaucm -c bytcr-rt5640 list _devices + + +However this command does: + +:: + + # alsaucm -n -b - <