Hi, > That's the reason. dmix uses the ALSA timer device to sync the position. > Takashi Thanks a lot, I moved /dev/timer to /dev/snd/timer and aplay (and dmix plugin) worked! Ruchi On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > At Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:02:20 +0530, > ruchi sirauthiya wrote: > > > > Hi, > > No, I do not have /dev/snd/timer device entry. > > That's the reason. dmix uses the ALSA timer device to sync the > position. > > > Takashi > > > > > A small correction... I am using TPS65950 codec and not TWL4030. > > > > Ruchi Sirauthiya > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > At Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:49:11 +0530, > > > ruchi sirauthiya wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am trying to enable a software mixer (using ALSA and dmix) on an > OMAP3 > > > > based embedded target board using the twl4030 codec. > > > > > > > > When I try to play audio using the command, > > > > > > > > # aplay -D playback rec.wav > > > > > > > > I am getting the following error: > > > > > > > > ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:1098:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_poll_fd) unable > to > > > > open timer 'hw:CLASS=3,SCLASS=0,CARD=0,DEV=0,SUBDEV=0' > > > > > > Do you have /dev/snd/timer device? > > > > > > > > > Takashi > > > > > [2 <text/html; ISO-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>] > > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel