[alsa-devel] alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail() returned a value that is exceptionally large: 349696 bytes (1821 ms).

[Raymond Yau]

2009/12/31 Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com>

> On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 12:20 +0800, Raymond Yau wrote:
> > 2009/12/31 Chris <cpollock at embarqmail.com>
> >
> > > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 15:07 +0800, Raymond Yau wrote:
> > > > Please post the output of alsa-info.sh
> > > Raymond, I can't seem to locate that script.
> > >
> >
> >
> http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-driver.git;a=blob_plain;f=utils/alsa-info.sh
> >
> Thank you, see attached script output.
> >
> > > > Do your VIA 8237/ens1371 has any digital output/input ?
> > > That I can't answer
> > >
> >
> > Do your motherboard/sound card  has optical/coaxial spdif ?
>
> Not that I can see.
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With four subdevices in playback device  0 , you should able to run two or
instance of aplay hw:0,0 concurrently  as described in

http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/743#comment:2


 1) Terminal 1: pasuspender cat

 2) Terminal 2: aplay -D hw:0,0

 3) Terminal 3: aplay -D hw:0,0 (again!)



APLAY

**** 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