On 12/12/2014 18:55, Valerio wrote: > arecord shows a strange behaviour (probably I'm misunderstanding something?) > $arecord -l > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: VT1802 Analog [VT1802 Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 1: RC300 [RC-300], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > $arecord -dhw:1 -c2 -fS16_LE -r44100 ~/test.wav > or > $arecord -dhw:1,0 -c2 -fS16_LE -r44100 ~/test.wav > > records from my internal soundcard.(also plughw) Understood, my mistake: $ arecord -Dhw:1 -c2 -fS16_LE -r44100 ~/test.wav Recording WAVE '/home/cinzia/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo arecord: set_params:1233: Sample format non available Available formats: - S32_LE so same problem as aplay. plughw goes (apparently) into recording but create a file with 0 lenght. setting the format to 32 bits: ~$ arecord -Dhw:1,0 -c2 -fS32_LE -r44100 ~/test.wav Recording WAVE '/home/cinzia/test.wav' : Signed 32 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo arecord: pcm_read:2031: read error: Input/output error spits out the error after around 4 seconds. Any help greatly appreciated! Valerio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user