Hello, I am running alsa 1.2.8 in Debian stable with a recent kernel from backports root@mo:~# uname -a Linux mo 6.10.6+bpo-armmp #1 SMP Debian 6.10.6-1~bpo12+1 (2024-08-26) armv7l GNU/Linux root@mo:~# on a Hummingboard (with an NXP iMX.6 SoC with ARM processor cores) aplay throws a "Channels count non available" message when using the dmix device, with the hw device everything works. Can anybody tell what I am doing wrong? Here are the aplay outputs: root@mo:~# aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) lavrate Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library samplerate Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library speexrate Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler jack JACK Audio Connection Kit oss Open Sound System pulse PulseAudio Sound Server speex Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb) upmix Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8) vdownmix Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization hw:CARD=Codec,DEV=0 On-board Codec, 2028000.ssi-sgtl5000 sgtl5000-0 Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=Codec,DEV=0 On-board Codec, 2028000.ssi-sgtl5000 sgtl5000-0 Hardware device with all software conversions default:CARD=Codec On-board Codec, 2028000.ssi-sgtl5000 sgtl5000-0 Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=Codec On-board Codec, 2028000.ssi-sgtl5000 sgtl5000-0 Default Audio Device dmix:CARD=Codec,DEV=0 On-board Codec, 2028000.ssi-sgtl5000 sgtl5000-0 Direct sample mixing device usbstream:CARD=Codec On-board Codec USB Stream Output hw:CARD=SPDIF,DEV=0 On-board SPDIF, S/PDIF PCM snd-soc-dummy-dai-0 Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=SPDIF,DEV=0 On-board SPDIF, S/PDIF PCM snd-soc-dummy-dai-0 Hardware device with all software conversions default:CARD=SPDIF On-board SPDIF, S/PDIF PCM snd-soc-dummy-dai-0 Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=SPDIF On-board SPDIF, S/PDIF PCM snd-soc-dummy-dai-0 Default Audio Device dmix:CARD=SPDIF,DEV=0 On-board SPDIF, S/PDIF PCM snd-soc-dummy-dai-0 Direct sample mixing device usbstream:CARD=SPDIF On-board SPDIF USB Stream Output hw:CARD=DWHDMI,DEV=0 DW-HDMI, dw-hdmi-ahb-audio Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=DWHDMI,DEV=0 DW-HDMI, dw-hdmi-ahb-audio Hardware device with all software conversions default:CARD=DWHDMI DW-HDMI, dw-hdmi-ahb-audio Default Audio Device sysdefault:CARD=DWHDMI DW-HDMI, dw-hdmi-ahb-audio Default Audio Device dmix:CARD=DWHDMI,DEV=0 DW-HDMI, dw-hdmi-ahb-audio Direct sample mixing device usbstream:CARD=DWHDMI DW-HDMI USB Stream Output root@mo:~# aplay --device="dmix:CARD=Codec,DEV=0" /usr/share/sounds/alsa/ Noise.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono aplay: set_params:1358: Channels count non available root@mo:~# aplay --device="hw:CARD=Codec,DEV=0" /usr/share/sounds/alsa/ Noise.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono root@mo:~# Any hint or idea is welcome. Many thanks Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user