alsa-project/alsa-utils issue #57 was opened from SuitableUsername: In aplay.c the wrong count is passed to compute_max_peak(). Instead of "r * hwparams.channels" it should be "r * bits_per_frame / 8". Also, the vumeter should really show an overall peak level percentage because the transitory 1/8 second one has very little value. Issue URL : https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils/issues/57 Repository URL: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils