1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>snd_pcm_new</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ALSA Driver API"><link rel="up" href="ch02.html#idp1093485324" title="PCM Core"><link rel="prev" href="API-snd-pcm-new-stream.html" title="snd_pcm_new_stream"><link rel="next" href="API-snd-pcm-new-internal.html" title="snd_pcm_new_internal"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">snd_pcm_new</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-snd-pcm-new-stream.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">PCM Core</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-snd-pcm-new-internal.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-snd-pcm-new"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>snd_pcm_new &#8212; 
2     create a new PCM instance
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">snd_pcm_new </b>(</code></td><td>struct snd_card * <var class="pdparam">card</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const char * <var class="pdparam">id</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int <var class="pdparam">device</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int <var class="pdparam">playback_count</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>int <var class="pdparam">capture_count</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>struct snd_pcm ** <var class="pdparam">rpcm</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1093508380"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>card</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the card instance
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>id</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     the id string
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>device</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     the device index (zero based)
9    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>playback_count</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
10     the number of substreams for playback
11    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>capture_count</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
12     the number of substreams for capture
13    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>rpcm</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
14     the pointer to store the new pcm instance
15    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1093514932"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
16   Creates a new PCM instance.
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19   The pcm operators have to be set afterwards to the new instance
20   via <code class="function">snd_pcm_set_ops</code>.
21</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1093516076"></a><h2>Return</h2><p>
22   Zero if successful, or a negative error code on failure.
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