Hallo, Johan Spee hat gesagt: // Johan Spee wrote: > Using plughw:0,0 and plughw:0,1 I in MPD's config I now have both > analog and digital output. Without using .asoundrc - which, > according to http://alsa.opensrc.org/.asoundrc , is a good thing: > "If your system won't work without one, and you are running the most > current version of ALSA, you probably should file a bug report." plughw:0 normally is (almost) the same as "default". Well, at least it was some months ago, but IIR now "default" also does software mixing on many cards. > Because of that statement I am a bit less worried about the fact that even the simplest .asoundrc does not work for me. > This, for instance: > pcm.ALIAS { > type hw > card 0 > } > gives only errors when I do: 'aplay -D ALIAS test.wav' > > So, no .asoundrc for me I'm afraid. The "ALIAS" you defined is just the same as "hw:0" so it's superfluous anyway (and you probably miss a definition for "ctl.ALIAS" to make it really work.) But don't bother: you don't need an asoundrc, almost nobody does. ;) > Which is a problem because I would like to use (at least) the SPDIF > IN to make recordings. I have no idea where to start. Any ideas are > most welcome. $ arecord -L gives a list of predefined PCM devices you could use. One of these should be named "spdif". You should be able to record from that one which should record from your digital input: $ arecord -D spdif -f dat spdif-to-dat.wav Recording WAVE 'spdif.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo ... Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
