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

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
Received on Mon Jan 15 00:15:04 2007