it is somehow related I guess the other question I posted. I wonder why I can not run two arecord -N -t wav -D plughw:1,0 target1.wav arecord -N -t wav -D plughw:1,0 target2.wav at the same time. The second yields again: arecord: main:550: audio open error: Device or resource busy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user