One more troubling thought ... the sound device is on the MB and has an optical and rca-type digital out. I assume that the 2 are the same since I don't see an option anywhere to select between the 2. But, I'm using the rca digital to a pair of digital monitors. On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> he is NOT using hw:1 >> >> he wants to use the 2nd subdevice on hw:0, hence hw:0,1 or variant thereof >> >> bob, does this work? aplay -D hw:0,1 /path/some/to/wav > > No. Again, no pulse running. > > bob$ aplay -D hw:0,1 MONO-000.WAV > Playing WAVE 'MONO-000.WAV' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono > aplay: set_params:1087: Channels count non available > > > Exit is immediate. No sound. > > Could the fact that hw:0,1 is a digital (spdif) port be an issue? > > > > -- > **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** > Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** > EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx > WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
