[linux-audio-user] RME9652 and Stereo

[Phil Moors]

alsa-0.9.0rc6
RH7.3
kernel 2.4.19 with Andrew Morton's low latency patches
ASUS A7M266 Mobo w/Duron 750 single proc

I have compiled, installed and loaded the ALSA rme9652 driver. It's
compiled without OSS. Using arecord/aplay, I can only record and playback
files in mono format. Stereo is eluding me. Pardon the ascii art,
monospace font required. My configuration is:


                LineIn1 LineIn2  
                Mic   	ElecBass
                 |        |
                 |        |
   main out-----Mackie 1202-VLZpro -----LineIn 5/6
        L/R                             |
         |                              |
         |                              |
        input---                    ---output
        L/R    |                    |  L/R
                ART DI/O 2 channel
                24bit AD/DA converter
                 |                  |
        S/PDIF----                  ----S/PDIF
        RCA out                         RCA in
           |                                |
           |                                |
        S/PDIF                             S/PDIF
        RCA in                             RCA out
           |                                  |
           -----Hammerfall---------------------

Also, I can only arecord/aplay using the plug layer. All attempts to use
hw fail with:

	aplay: set_params:781: Access type not available

The consumer card is card0 (cs46xx, Hercules Game Theater). My .asoundrc 
is:

pcm.Crystal {
	type hw
	card 0
}
ctl.Crystal {
	type hw
	card 0
}
pcm.RME9652 {
	type hw
	card 1
}
ctl.RME9652 {
	type hw
	card 1
}

I used alsactl store/restore to enable the S/PDIF on the Hammerfall. It 
works fine for mono recording and playback. The card is set to AutoSync 
and I can see sample rate changes made on the ART converter picked up in 
the Hammerfall.

Thanks for any help,

Phil