[LAU] recommendations for usb sound card?

[Clemens Ladisch]

Bill Allen wrote:
> $ aplay -Dhw:1,0 Hells_intro.wav
> Playing WAVE 'Hells_intro.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
> aplay: set_params:900: Sample format non available

Using the "hw" device prevents ALSA from doing any automatic sample
format conversions.

> In advanced mode jackd says:
> ...
> ALSA: could not start playback (Broken pipe)

There should be an error message in the system log.

I'd guess that this goes away if you update to a newer kernel, or if you
connect the device directly to the computer instead of through a hub.


HTH
Clemens