OK that works! But I am concerned about the loss of audio quality when using dmix.. Apart from the sample rate mismatch (and therefor resampling, which can be avoided by using the correct rate in asound.rc) is there anything else I should be worried about? Cheers D. On 19 November 2010 22:31, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Shirley wrote: >> How would u setup a dmix to play silence? > > If you haven't create or modified /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc, > dmix should be enabled by default. (If PulseAudio is installed > correctly, PA should be enabled by default.) > > Try this to play ten seconds of silence: > > aplay -d 10 -t raw -f dat /dev/zero > > To play continuously, omit the "-d 10". > > > Regards, > Clemens > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
