well... I really want to use another application(mp4live)... not arecord. So this application just ask me for : "sample rate", "channels" and what Alsa device to use. I've tell it "plugfile" device, 44100 as sample rate, and stereo(2 channels). As you can see I cannot specify the format. When I run mp4live it says: mp4live: pcm_params.c:2351: sndrv_pcm_hw_params: Assertion `err >= 0' failed. I dont know what to do. Thanks On 22/12/2007, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Carlos Hernandez wrote: > > > I know... and that's the reason why I can specify that, using the asound.conf. > > > > The source audio file is in 16 bit, 44100, stereo... but when I > > record with arecord, it does with 8bit, 8k, mono. > > > > So I must change this before arecord "record" the audio... where? .. I > > suppose this should be in asound.conf (or .asoundrc)... setting in the > > plug parameters "format", "channels" and "rate"... this way : > > arecord -f cd >outfile > > > > > pcm.plugfile{ > > type plug > > slave { > > pcm infile > > format S16_LE > > channels 2 > > rate 44100 > > } > > } > > > > but this does not work... > > > > > > thanks anyway > > > > > > > > On 22/12/2007, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Dec 21, 2007 9:39 PM, Carlos Hernandez <dspcarlos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> arecord does not do any kind of format detection on its input. It > >> records with whatever format you tell it to (in this case, the default > >> of 8Khz 8-bit mono) > >> > >> Lee > >> > > > > > > > > -- > William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 > Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 > UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ > -- -------------------------------------- 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