> Upon reading your log further, I have a better guess. It looks like your > sound card supports only 48 kHz for capture, and, while capture is > active, also requires playback to be open at 48 kHz. > > You can work around this limitation by setting the card profile to > "output:analog-stereo" using pacucontrol. the 2902 specs[1] are: Sampling Rate: â?? DAC: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz â?? ADC: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz and it is consistent with the capabilities reported by the kernel module [2], also it fails to explain why mpd have not problem using 44100 with alsa output. If it were an alsa bug It should affect both programs. I will do the tests tonight at home. [1] http://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/pcm2902 [2] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2014-October/022140.html