On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 10:52, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hi, > Rick Taylor schrieb: > > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 02:20, Frank Barknecht wrote: > > > The Audiophile (and all envy24 cards, AFAIK) does only accept a > > > certain format directly. I don't know at the moment, which one it was, > > > but I doesn't have a samplerate of 44.1k for sure. That's why alsa has > > > > Mine opens just about everything. If it won't open something of a > > specific sample rate or bit depth... switch the settings on the card {or > > check your application settings}. > > You are probably using the plugin layer in ALSA. It automatically converts > formats so that the hardware can cope with it. Works the same way in windows. As far as I know, Alsa does PCM {all of its cards} http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/alsa/alsa-driver/doc/SOUNDCARDS?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain Envy cards need envy24control for the settings. Manual and propaganda: http://www.midiman.com/products/m-audio/audiophile.php -- Rick Taylor <ricktaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The Dispossessed