On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 23:23 +0800, Peter Clarke wrote: > But if I try > aplay -Dhw:1,0 somefile.wav, I get an error: "Sample format > non [sic] available". aplay -Dplughw:1,0 somefile.wav. It sounds like XMMS just enumerates the hw devices to populate its ALSA device selector. This is completely broken behavior, it should at least give you the choice of plughw devices. Lee