[alsa-devel] snd-bebob and PrismSound Orpheus fails with snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels

[Clemens Ladisch]

Mike Ood wrote:
> % aplay -D hw:2,0 --channels=2 test.wav

You are trying to play a two-channel file ...

> % cat /proc/asound/card2/firewire/formation
> Output Stream from device:
> Rate PCM MIDI
> 44100 10 1

... on a device that supports only ten channels.

An with "hw", you have disabled any automatic format conversion.

Try "plughw:2" or "default:2".


Regards,
Clemens