Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA can only use default - Not hw:0,0 hw1,0 etc.

[Jaroslav K. <pe...@su...>]

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Johan Spee wrote:

> Frank Barknecht <fb...@fo...> wrote:
> 
> > $ arecord -L 
> > gives a list of predefined PCM devices you could use. One of these
> > should be named "spdif".
> 
> 'should be'. But this is ALSA we are dealing with... 
> (No offence Frank, my cynicism does not concern you)
> 
> # arecord -L
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: T22 [Terratec PHASE 22], device 0: ICE1724 [ICE1724]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: T22 [Terratec PHASE 22], device 1: IEC1724 IEC958 [IEC1724 IEC958]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
>   Subdevices: 3/3
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
>   Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
> 
> Why call it 'spdif' or 'digital' when you can call it 'IEC1724 IEC958 
> [IEC1724 IEC958]' right?

You can use 'iec958' device name.

> But that is not the 'name' I could use. Neither 
> is 'T22'. The only thing that works is 'plughw:0,1'.

'plug:iec958:T22' or 'plug:iec958' or 'plug:spdif:T22' or 'plug:spdif' 
device does not work? The iec958 device is raw device (without any 
conversions). Applications expect to work with 16-bit samples usually.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <pe...@su...>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SUSE Labs