Re: OpenBSD friendly usb WebCam/Mic for Teams Meetings

On Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:53:12 +0200,
Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Jun 06 02:37:21, [email protected] wrote:
> > > I'm wondering if I can enable both /dev/audio0 and /dev/audio1.
> > > Alternatively, I suspect that an old Mic plugged into the onboard audio
> > > input would work.
> > > 
> > > aucat(1) indicates a second device can be a slave with output to a
> > > second program but not wot the same program.  Can both audio0 and audio1
> > > be multiplex'd and feed to chromium - hopefully without feedback issues?
> > > 
> > 
> > I think you just need to add -f / -F to sndiod
> > 
> >      -F device
> >              Same as -f except that if the device is disconnected, the one
> >              given with the previous -f or -F option will be used.
> > 
> >      -f device
> >              Add this sndio(7) audio device to devices used for playing and/or
> >              recording.  Preceding per-device options (-aberwz) apply to this
> >              device.  Sub-devices (-s) that are applied after will be attached
> >              to this device.  Device mode and parameters are determined from
> >              sub-devices attached to it.  If no -f option is used, sndiod will
> >              use rsnd/0, rsnd/1, ..., rsnd/3.
> 
> The wording of "devices used for playing and/or recording"
> makes it able to be read like that, but only one device
> will be used at any given moment, right?
> 
>   During playback, aucat reads audio data concurrently from all
>   played files, mixes it and plays the result on the device.
>   Similarly, it stores audio data recorded from the device
>   into corresponding files.
> 
> The device.
> 

Yes, only one. I missed that you need to multiplex devices, sorry.

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wbr, Kirill