[linux-audio-user] asoundrc / multi error -- "Channels count non available"

[Lee Revell]

On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 12:07 -0800, reuben firmin wrote:
> As part of my experimenting to get both of my cards playing the same
> stream, I defined a configuration in asoundrc using the multi plugin,
> per the docs here
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html
> 
> The complete asoundrc follows. Testing using aplay -vD XXX myfile.wav,
> where XXX is the pcm name, usb, desktop and default work fine;
> however, multi and ttable both give an error: 
> 
> aplay: set_params:906: Channels count non available
> 
> What does this mean and how can I fix it? 

You can't use the multi plugin this way.  The two sound cards will drift
out of sync over time.

Lee