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SND_UAUDIO(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual SND_UAUDIO(4)
NAME snd_uaudio - USB audio and MIDI device driver
SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device sound device usb device snd_uaudio
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
snd_uaudio_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION The snd_uaudio driver provides support for USB audio class devices and USB MIDI class devices.
A USB audio device consists of a number of components: input terminals (e.g. USB digital input), output terminals (e.g. speakers), and a number of units in between (e.g. volume control).
If the device supports multiple configurations, and there have been no user-supplied values specified through the sysctl(8) interface, the driver will select the best matching configuration supported by the device during attach. "Best" means the configuration with the most channels and highest quality in sample rate and sample size.
Refer to the `USB Audio Class Specification' for more information.
SYSCTL VARIABLES The following settings can be entered at the loader(8) prompt or in loader.conf(5) and can also be changed at runtime with the sysctl(8) command. For a change to take effect during runtime, the device has to be re-attached.
hw.usb.uaudio.buffer_ms Period of audio data processed at once, in milliseconds, from 1 to 8 (default is 4). Lower values mean less latency, but this can result in audible gaps due to frequent CPU wakeups.
hw.usb.uaudio.default_bits Preferred sample size in bits, from 0 to 32 (default is 0). A value of 0 sets the sample size to the maximum supported sample size.
Set this to select a smaller sample size if the device supports multiple sample sizes.
hw.usb.uaudio.default_channels Preferred number of sample channels, from 0 to 64 (default is 0). USB 1.1 devices are limited to 4 channels due to bandwidth constraints, unless a higher value is explicitly requested. A value of 0 sets the sample channels to the maximum supported channel number.
Note that if VCHANs are enabled, the sample rate will be overridden by dev.pcm.%d.[play|rec].vchanrate (see sound(4)), which can also be used to adjust the sample rate during runtime.
If hw.usb.uaudio.default_rate is non-zero, dev.pcm.%d.[play|rec].vchanrate will use it as its maximum allowed value.
hw.usb.uaudio.handle_hid Let snd_uaudio handle HID volume keys, if any (default is 1).
0 Disabled.
1 Enabled.
If usb(4) has been compiled with USB_DEBUG on, the following setting is also available:
hw.usb.uaudio.debug Debug output level (default is 0).
SEE ALSO sound(4), usb(4), loader.conf(5), loader(8), sysctl(8)
USB Audio Class Specifications, http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/.
HISTORY The snd_uaudio driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.7.
AUTHORS This manual page was adopted from NetBSD 1.6 and modified for FreeBSD by Hiten Pandya <hmp@FreeBSD.org>.
BUGS Some USB audio devices might refuse to work properly unless the sample rate is configured the same for both recording and playback, even if only simplex is used. See the dev.pcm.%d.[play|rec].vchanrate sysctls.
The PCM framework in FreeBSD currently does not support the full set of USB audio mixer controls. Some mixer controls are only available as dev.pcm.%d.mixer sysctls.
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE March 26, 2024 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE