[linux-audio-user] asoundrc and aplay

[Clemens Ladisch]

conrad berh?rster wrote:
> i'm want to use the asoundrc for my music production.

Why?  What do you want to do that does not work with the default
configuration?

> if i try 
> aplay test.wav 
> everything went fine. but after 
> aplay -D hw:0,0 test.wav 
> i get 
> Playing WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono
> aplay: set_params:901: Channels count non available

"hw" goes directly to the hardware, without automatic sample format
conversion.  Your hardware cannot play mono data.


HTH
Clemens