[alsa-devel] Why does `aplay -L' not show PCM's defined in ~/.asoundrc ?

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

On 12/02/2013 01:27 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>> Why does `aplay -L' not list PCM's that are defined in ~/.asoundrc (i.e.
>> PCM's implemented by plugins)?
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>
> You need to define the description for your own PCM definition.
> Or set defaults.namehint.showall on in ~/.asoundrc.

Thanks.

-gabriel