OSS <--> ALSA PCM plugin ======================== This plugin converts the ALSA API over OSS API. With this plugin, ALSA native apps can run on OSS drivers. This plugin provides the PCM type "oss". The typical configuration looks like below: pcm.oss { type oss device /dev/dsp } Put the above to ~/.asoundrc (or /etc/asound.conf), and use "oss" PCM with your ALSA apps. For example, % aplay -Doss foo.wav For playing arbitrary formats, you should use "plug" layer together, % aplay -Dplug:oss foo.wav The oss plugin can have an option: device. This specifies the device file path of OSS to open. If not given, /dev/dsp is used. The function supported by this plugin is limited. For example, you cannot use dmix together with this plugin. Don't expect too much :) The plugin is installed in /usr/lib/alsa-lib directory as default, which is the default search path of additional plugins for alsa-lib. On a 64bit system like x86-64, the proper prefix option (typically, --prefix=/usr/lib64) must be given to configure script.