Hi list I've asked help before about file plugin, and it does work fine. But I need something more. The raw file from which I'm reading audio is: Signed 16 bit Little Endian, 44100 hz, 2 channels. I've configured asound.conf this way: pcm.plugfile{ type plug slave { pcm infile } } pcm.infile { type file slave { pcm null } file /dev/null infile /home/carlos/sting.raw } The input file is "sting.raw" (without header). with arecord: $ arecord -D plugfile out.wav -f S16_LE -r 44100 -c 2 Recording WAVE 'out.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo .. then aplay: $ aplay out.wav The sound is correctly played... But I need to read the audio from another application rather than arecord. And that application cant receive the format parameter. So, I've tried doing this: pcm.plugfile{ type plug slave { pcm infile format S16_LE channels 2 rate 44100 } } pcm.infile { type file slave { pcm null } file /dev/null infile /home/carlos/sting.raw } Here the "format", "rate" and "channels" are set up, and these are the same as the original audio file. Then I suppose I would not have to specify these parameters with arecord. running arecord: carlos@chaos:~$ arecord -D plugfile out.wav Recording WAVE 'out.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono it says Unsigned 8 bit, rate 8000 and Mono. And obviously this is wrong. When I play with aplay no sound is played. If I record again using "format", "rate" and "channels", the audio is correctly recorded and played. Any idea?... thanks a lot -- -------------------------------------- Universidad de Talca Facultad de Ingeniería Ingeniería Civil en Computación -------------------------------------- Movil +56 9 92624541 Skype dspcarlos ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user