On 10/24/2007 01:37 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Takashi Iwai wrote: >> Timur Tabi wrote: >>> I'm having a hard time understand when ALSA does sample rate and format >>> conversion, and when it doesn't. >>> >>> When I issue the following command: >>> >>> mplayer -ao alsa filename.mov -v >>> >>> I get this output: >>> ... >>> alsa-init: using device default >>> alsa-init: format s24le are not supported by hardware >>> >>> I was under the impression that ALSA can do format and sample rate conversion if >>> necessary, but I guess that's not always the case. >> It does. mplayer seems to try first the hardware device without >> conversion and falls back to "default" PCM. > > In this case, it uses only the "default" PCM device. There seems to be > some problem with its definition. > > Are there any definitions in ~/.asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf? If not, > what driver is used, and does it have a file in /usr/share/alsa/cards/? Just in case you guys missed it -- he posted: === alsa-init: using ALSA 1.0.8 === Isn't 1.0.8 from before ALSA did any mixing by default? Rene. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
