Hi, runtime->hw.rates and runtime->hw.formats indicate the rate and formats hardware can support, so the user level plugins can auto-convert the audio data. But hardware may not support a certain combin of sample rate and format, and will cause hw_parm fail. In such case, plugin auto-convert will not work. How can I let userlevel know the failure conbin, so let auto-convert work? Thanks Richard _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel