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

[Russell Hanaghan]

Lee Revell wrote:
> 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
>
>
>   
Or unless you do this:

http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org/toots/el-cheapo/

Couple of cheap SB live 5.1's are ideal.

Russell