[alsa-devel] Switching from default to plughw:0,0

[Clemens Ladisch]

Gonzalo Garramuño wrote:
> El 10/09/16 a las 20:46, Clemens Ladisch escribió:
>> Gonzalo Garramuño wrote:
>>> My problem is that when I choose the default, which is equivalent to plughw:0,0
>>
>> The default actually is PulseAudio or dmix.
>
> dmix is not installed in my system

It's part of ALSA.

> Do I have to deal with the pulseaudio api, instead of the ALSA api?

When PulseAudio is configured as the default, it can be accessed through the ALSA API.

Anyway, the correct name for the default device is "default".

To get a list of devices, see "aplay -L".


Regards,
Clemens