[alsa-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Improve hw_params documentation

[Clemens Ladisch]

Raymond Yau wrote:
> The logic of your program is wrong since your program did not set
> channel, rate and format

It is allowed to not set some parameters; snd_pcm_hw_params() then
chooses some random values for them.

> The buffer and period calculation is only valid after you have choose
> the format and channels

This is wrong; parameters can be set in any order.
(As long as format/channels are not yet set, the exact relationship
between frames and bytes is not yet known, but this is handled by
the parameters being intervals.)


Regards,
Clemens