Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.0.10-1 Severity: normal
I used arecord (and aplay) for the first time yesterday and wanted it to use the spdif connector (device 2) on my first soundcard. I did not find out the right syntax to do this from the manpage, e.g. should you use arecord -Dhw:0:2 or -Dhw:0.2 or -D/dev/snd/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c or whatever. Providing a simple exampe for this not too uncommon action would be sufficient IMHO. Finding out by trial-and-error is impossible. Also the options for listing devices are not helpful for this, because the output is very cryptic and cannot be reused for the "-D" option by copy&paste. Also it is nowhere explained what "a PCM" is. Of course I know PCM, Pulse Code Modulation, but what is "a PCM" in this context? Is it more or less a device? The manpage should at least give a hint IMHO where to find out more, even if explaining may be too complicated. Thanks! /ralph -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.22 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages alsa-utils depends on: ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii libasound2 1.0.10-2 ALSA library ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii linux-sound-base 1.0.10-3 base package for ALSA and OSS soun ii lsb-base 3.0-15 Linux Standard Base 3.0 init scrip ii modutils 2.4.27.0-5 Linux module utilities ii pciutils 1:2.1.11-15.3 Linux PCI Utilities ii python 2.3.5-5 An interactive high-level object-o ii whiptail 0.52.1-3 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe Versions of packages alsa-utils recommends: pn alsa-base <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
