Hi! snd_pcm_name() returns NULL if used shortly after opening a "surround51" device. ("surround51" is just an example, it returns NULL for a lot of other devices, too.) Also reported as bug in the BTS: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3563 Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel