Guilherme Longo wrote: > What exactly does snd_pcm_format_set_silence is useful for??? It allows you to write silence samples into a buffer. There are sample formats where silent samples are not zero bytes. HTH Clemens _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel