Why does ALSA upsample to 48kHz when playing a 44.1kHz wav with a device capable of 44.1kHz? How do I understand what is happening? Where is the configuration (OpenSuse 12.2 with no asoundrc or similar)? Where is the documentation? Evidence below, Andrew > cat /proc/asound/D1/stream0 2010 REV 1.7 Audioengine D1 at usb-0000:00:12.2-3.2.4.1, full : USB Audio Playback: Status: Running Interface = 1 Altset = 2 URBs = 3 [ 8 8 8 ] Packet Size = 600 Momentary freq = 48000 Hz (0x30.0000) Feedback Format = 10.14 Interface 1 Altset 1 Format: S24_3LE Channels: 2 Endpoint: 1 OUT (ASYNC) Rates: 96000, 88200, 48000, 44100, 32000 Interface 1 Altset 2 Format: S16_LE Channels: 2 Endpoint: 1 OUT (ASYNC) Rates: 96000, 88200, 48000, 44100, 32000 > Playing WAVE '/crypto/music/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono Plug PCM: Rate conversion PCM (48000, sformat=S16_LE) Converter: libspeex (builtin) Protocol version: 10002 Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 1 rate : 44100 exact rate : 44100 (44100/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 15052 period_size : 940 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 940 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 15052 stop_threshold : 15052 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4236761349448794112 Slave: Route conversion PCM (sformat=S16_LE) Transformation table: 0 <- 0 1 <- 0 Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 1 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 16384 period_size : 1024 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 1024 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 16384 stop_threshold : 16384 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 Slave: Direct Stream Mixing PCM Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 16384 period_size : 1024 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 1024 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 16384 stop_threshold : 16384 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 Hardware PCM card 2 'Audioengine D1' device 0 subdevice 0 Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 16384 period_size : 1024 period_time : 21333 tstamp_mode : ENABLE period_step : 1 avail_min : 1024 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 1 stop_threshold : 4611686018427387904 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 4611686018427387904 boundary : 4611686018427387904 appl_ptr : 0 hw_ptr : 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user