[alsa-devel] aplay: main:722: audio open error: No such file or directory

[Clemens Ladisch]

Christopher Head wrote:
> asound # cat cards
>  0 [MID            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel MID
>                       HDA Intel MID at 0xf4900000 irq 53
>  1 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
>                       HDA NVidia at 0xf3080000 irq 17
>
> I can't play audio on non-default devices.
>
> Running aplay with -D hdmi does not work, failing with this message:
> aplay: main:722: audio open error: No such file or directory

The default card has no "hdmi" device.

Try -D hdmi:CARD=NVidia (or better plug:hdmi:CARD=NVidia to get
automatic sample format conversions).


Regards,
Clemens