On Thu, April 6, 2006 11:20 am, Steve Lindsay wrote:
> On 4/5/06, Voytek Eymont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've never really grasped completely how sound works on linux, but I
> know that if you run "aplay -l" you'll get a list of the cards that alsa
> knows about. eg.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: UA25 [UA-25], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
thanks, Steve
it looks I'm out of luck again, don't have neither 'aplay' nor 'alsamixer'
hmm, but i do have 'play', yes, that works (even though doesn't provide
the info like you have)
('play filename', I should've figured that out myself...)
> You can use aplay to play a sound via tha command line:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/busytone.wav
> Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/ekiga/busytone.wav' : Signed 16 bit
> Little Endian, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
>
>
> If you hear something, then I think you're sorted. If not, you may
> need to unmute/turn up the sound device, try "alsamixer" and unmute things
> (my card doesn't do the software mixer thing so I can't tell
> you exactly which thing to unmute/increase volume).
>
> If you have mulitple cards, you may need to use the "-D" switch for
> aplay which will select the specific card. On my system I can use:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aplay -D cards.pcm.default
> /usr/share/sounds/ekiga/busytone.wav
> Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/ekiga/busytone.wav' : Signed 16 bit
> Little Endian, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
>
>
> To find out the "pcm"s on your system, run "aplay -L". And .... this
> is where I run out of steam re. alsa, try the different pcm's listed and
> see how you go, other's on the list might be able to give you other
> pointers (you might want to check the alsa web site to make sure your card
> is supported etc). On my distro <NAME CENSORED IN THE INTERESTS OF SLUG
> HARMONY> all this stuff gets setup automatically,
> I'm not sure whether this is a standard thing for alsa on all distros
> or whether you'll need to set up an ".asoundrc" with the appropriate
> information for the new card on your system.
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Voytek
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