Sampo Savolainen escribe: > your system probably has a global /etc/asound.conf which maps default to a > plughw device of some sort. That way alsa converts the mono 11025hz signal > to something your soundcard is capable of playing. It hasn't any /etc/asound.conf. This works: $ aplay -D plughw:0,0 shared/testing.wav Those plughw devices are predefined ones when no .asoundrc is being used? > With hw:x,y you can select the hardware (hw) device (x) and subdevice (y). > > It depends on your configuration which number each device has, and it > depends on your hardware what subdevices each device has. Subdevices are > _not_ channels. Output from aplay -l: $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Modem [Intel ICH6 Modem], device 0: Intel ICH - Modem [Intel ICH6 Modem - Modem] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 This means I've two cards and the first one two devices, doesn't it? > > Sampo Cordially, Ismael -- mí, myself et moi http://lamediahostia.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivalladt/