Hello, I have an MAudio Audiophile 2496 PCI soundcard. My goal is have ALSA do as little as possible, and just pass the audio to the hardware. $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 So I started with this /etc/asound.conf to bypass dmix: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } Unfortunately, it looks like I need to use plughw: $ aplay 03_harvest.wav Playing WAVE '03_harvest.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo aplay: set_params:954: Sample format non available So I modified /etc/asound.conf slightly: pcm.!default { type plughw card 0 } ctl.!default { type plughw card 0 } $ aplay 03_harvest.wav ALSA lib pcm.c:2156:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_plughw.so aplay: main:583: audio open error: No such file or directory Building alsa-plugins-1.0.19 and alsa-lib-1.0.19 from source did not result in the libasound_module_pcm_plughw.so library. Where can I obtain this file? Thanks, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user