Le Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:33:10 +0100, c0 <elcorreodelcoco@xxxxxxxxx> a Ãcrit : > Hi. > > I have not read/understand what you are trying to explain because my > english level is not native language (sorry). But i can tell you > something: > > For audio works, i recommend you using JACK (with a realtime kernel). > > Gracias. > Chau! > > On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 11:07 +0000, Jim Lesurf wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is my first posting to the email list. I have looked at the > > archives, but apologies if the following is too far OT or an old > > chestnut. > > > > I'm experimenting with two different USB sound (playing) devices > > that should be capable of asynchronous transfers up to and > > including 96k/24bit. The following is when testing a Halide Bridge. > > Using two systems, but the one relevant here is a Shuttle running > > Ubuntu. > > > > I've successfully arranged for the device(s) I'm trying out to be > > the 'default' alsa device for playing by including > > > > pcm.!default { > > type plug > > slave { > > pcm "hw:2" > > channels 2 > > format S24_3LE > > } > > } > > > > in my 'asoundrc' file. (NB there are two other 'soundcards' present > > and the one I'm testing expect S24_3LE and is hw:2.) > > Did you try to fix the card order into /etc/modprobes.d/alsa.conf instead of inside .asoundrc ? You can use the options 'index=n' and 'snd cards_limit=x' for that. Ciao, Dominique > > The Halide Bridge converts USB into (coax) SPDIF. > > > > If I play a 96k/24 LPCM wave file with the aplay command I can > > record its SPDIF output with an audio recorder and compare it > > sample-by-sample with the file I played. Using aplay, the result > > for the brief tests so far show bit-for-bit correct output values. > > So that looks like the Bridge and Shuttle hardware are working OK. > > > > However if I use Audacious to play a file, the result comes out as > > 16 bit per sample. i.e. the least significant byte is being > > ignored/zerod. I have selected the '24 bit' output option, and > > specified not to use its volume control. I have also selected the > > 'advanced' option to 'avoid processing' and have selected the > > default ALSA output. > > > > Have I missed something with Audacious? Or is this a known problem? > > I've found on the web mentions of making sure you select the 24bit > > output and the 'avoid processing'. And apart from the missing > > bottom 8 bits the values don't immediately look 'altered' in other > > ways. Not looked yet in detail though as the loss of the lowest > > bytes is the obvious symptom! > > > > Can give more details if asked, but at present not sure what to add > > and wish to avoid taking up too much space if this is OT or a > > chestnut. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > > > Jim > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer > expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- "We have the heroes we deserve." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user