[alsa-devel] .asoundrc

[Lee Revell]

On 6/18/07, Nobin Mathew <nobin.mathew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to write one .asoundrc file
>
> What i am currently doing is rate conversion
>
> My .asounrc file contains
>
> pcm.sirf3a {
>         type rate
>         slave {
>                 pcm "hw:0,0"
>                 rate 8000
>         }
> }
>
>
> I am using following command
>
> aplay -M -D sirf3a /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
>
> But it is giving me some errors
>
> aplay: set_params:909: Channels count non available

Because your hardware probably only supports stereo but you're trying
to play a mono file.

Add a plug layer to do channel conversion.

Lee