Audio output device on mac

[Emrah]

Hi all,

I use CMUS on my Mac and am trying to understand how I could direct the audio output to my external soundcard.
For now, it is set to CoreAudio. I know where to set it, but don't know what to indicate there.


Thanks in advance for your help.

[Gregory Petrosyan]

Post by Emrah
I use CMUS on my Mac and am trying to understand how I could direct the
audio output to my external soundcard. For now, it is set to CoreAudio. I
know where to set it, but don't know what to indicate there.

I have no external soundcard, so can't really help you with this one.

However, as far as I know, libao, which cmus does use, uses whatever output
device is specified in the "System Preferences"' "Sound" panel. Can you try
opening that panel (it's "Output" tab, to be precise), and selecting another
output device in the devices list?

P.S. AFAIK there is no way to make cmus use non-default system sound output
device (this is a libao limitation); so the only way to go is to change the
default one.

Gregory

[Emrah]

Hey Gregory,

Thanks for you reply.
The point was that I wanted to separate System Default Output from CMUS Output because I use a screenreader. The screenreader goes through System Output and I wanted to be
able to listen to my music through my external sound card and keep the screenreader in my ears with headphones.

Thanks for your prompt response.

Best,
Emrah
----- Original Message -----
From: Gregory Petrosyan <***@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:28:39PM +0400
Subject: Re: Audio output device on mac

Post by Gregory Petrosyan

Post by Emrah
I use CMUS on my Mac and am trying to understand how I could direct the
audio output to my external soundcard. For now, it is set to CoreAudio. I
know where to set it, but don't know what to indicate there.

I have no external soundcard, so can't really help you with this one.
However, as far as I know, libao, which cmus does use, uses whatever output
device is specified in the "System Preferences"' "Sound" panel. Can you try
opening that panel (it's "Output" tab, to be precise), and selecting another
output device in the devices list?
P.S. AFAIK there is no way to make cmus use non-default system sound output
device (this is a libao limitation); so the only way to go is to change the
default one.
Gregory