This works for me arecord -D hw:0,0 -d 5 -f S16_LE -r 48000 -c 2 test.wav Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo root@pbp:/tmp/snd# ^C Do you really have 6 devices on card 0? And I don't know that I've ever seen a 32 bit wav file, 8 is often enough. Need to specify # of channels I think like -c 2. But I copied your line and started hacking it until it worked. The error message could probably be more informative, like which argument does it have a problem with. On 3/22/21, Vijay Rakesh Munganda <vijayrakeshmunganda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks & Regards, > Vijay Rakesh > >> On 01-Feb-2021, at 14:00, Vijay Rakesh Munganda >> <vijayrakeshmunganda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi Clemens, >> >> I have tried both pulghw and also given supported sample rate/format, but >> I get same error. >> >> root@test:~# arecord -D hw:0,6 -d 5 -f S32_LE -r 48000 test.wav >> Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 32 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, >> Mono >> arecord: set_params:1405: Unable to install hw params: >> ACCESS: RW_INTERLEAVED >> FORMAT: S32_LE >> SUBFORMAT: STD >> SAMPLE_BITS: 32 >> FRAME_BITS: 32 >> CHANNELS: 1 >> RATE: 48000 >> PERIOD_TIME: 125000 >> PERIOD_SIZE: 6000 >> PERIOD_BYTES: 24000 >> PERIODS: 4 >> BUFFER_TIME: 500000 >> BUFFER_SIZE: 4000 >> BUFFER_BYTES: 96000 >> TICK_TIME: 0 >> >> Thanks & Regards, >> Vijay Rakesh >> >>>> On 30-Jan-2021, at 22:13, Clemens Ladisch via Alsa-user >>>> <alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>> Vijay Rakesh Munganda wrote: >>>> I had tried to record a sample audio using arecord, “arecord hw:0,6 -d >>>> 10 test.wav” but I got an error as unable to install hw params. >>> >>> Use plughw:0,x instead of hw:0,x to get automatic sample format >>> conversion. >>> >>> Or tell arecord to use a sample rate/format that your hardware supports. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Clemens >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Alsa-user mailing list >>> Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- ------------- Education is contagious. _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user