Messages in this thread | | | From | Panagiotis Issaris <> | Subject | Re: PC speaker listed as input device | Date | Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:16:50 +0000 (UTC) |
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Hi,
Adam Henley <adamazing <at> gmail.com> writes: > On 23/10/06, Panagiotis Issaris <panagiotis <at> gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While trying to get my Hauppauge's remote control working, I noticed that my > > PC speaker is getting recognized as an input device. This seems very weird > > to me, is there some logic behind this? > > Simple, all speakers are microphones! > (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22a+speaker+as+a+microphone%22) > > Though I don't know the real reason for recognising a speaker as an > input device, this could be a "logical" explanation :o) It would be if it would be recognised as /dev/dsp4 or something... but /dev/input/event4 makes it look like a mouse or keyboard which still seems very weird and illogical to me :)
With friendly regards, Takis
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