[alsa-devel] Getting a full device list

[Nicholas Smethurst]

Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> 	defaults.namehint.showall on
>> and
>> 	defaults.namehint.!showall 1
>>
>> for my tests - my results are in the previous email.
> 
> Hm, do you see any change in "aplay -L" output with and without this
> definition?

No, "aplay -L" gives the same list with or without the option. I tried
changing it in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf as well, but the change had no effect.

NB: this is with 1.0.14rc4.


nicholas at Nicholas:~$ aplay -L
default:CARD=V8237
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=V8237,DEV=0
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=V8237,DEV=0
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=V8237,DEV=0
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=V8237,DEV=0
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=V8237,DEV=0
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
iec958:CARD=V8237,DEV=0
    VIA 8237, VIA 8237
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=UART
    MPU-401 UART
    Default Audio Device
default:CARD=PAD
    RME Digi96/8 PAD, Digi96 IEC958
    Default Audio Device

nicholas at Nicholas:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]
  Subdevices: 4/4
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PAD [RME Digi96/8 PAD], device 0: Digi96 IEC958 [Digi96 IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PAD [RME Digi96/8 PAD], device 1: Digi96 ADAT [Digi96 ADAT]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0