wine users - Jun 2009 - Forcing Wine To Use Audio Device/Mixer

Well, I've got multiple sound devices on my system (integrated HDA SB ATI
sound card, headset connected to USB sound card, and my webcam's built-in
mic).  Unfortunately, Wine does not always use my integrated sound device for
some reason.  So, instead it will do one of two things: go to the headset or the
webcam.  Going to the webcam is an auto-fail, and if it goes to the headset it
prevents me from using Skype.  Or, if skype is already running, I get no sound
in Wine apps.

The problem is also unusual because of how the game, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion,
behaves.  It will use the normal audio on the game's launch window, but
switches to one of the other devices when the game itself starts.  Is there any
command-line option, environment variable, or registry key I can use to force
wine to always use a specific sound device or mixer?

Falcata wrote:
> The problem is also unusual because of how the game, Elder Scrolls IV:
Oblivion, behaves.  It will use the normal audio on the game's launch
window, but switches to one of the other devices when the game itself starts. 
Is there any command-line option, environment variable, or registry key I can
use to force wine to always use a specific sound device or mixer?
Sounds kind of strange. Are you using ALSA sound and you have a working dmix?

You can force Wine to use particular sound card / channel of ALSA:
http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys