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[Johnny Stork]

Rubbing an Asus Xonar STS and Mint 16. MC installed fine, connected to library but when I try to play I get an ALSA error about an unsupported output format?

Playback could not be started on the output 'ALSA' using the format '44.1khz 24bit 2ch'

Suggestions?

[Mike Noe]

Use output format in DSP to set 48kHz (or 96), see what happens.

[mcollier]

Hi Johnny, on my system, I have about 7 ALSA devices to choose from.  I found that I get the same error you described on all but one that works properly.  So, I recommend trying all the various ALSA devices you find in the audio settings.

[InflatableMouse]

Same thing here, big list of devices, only 1 works.

In that list there's one called: Default.

This default points to one the named devices, I tried to figure out how to set this default to the one that works, but I've not managed it yet.

Any ideas/tips on that would be appreciated.

[bob]

I'm thinking in these cases that something else is using the devices you see but can't open. For example, when I open pavucontrol, I can't get at any device but default.
Default is what the alsa system thinks is the current default. The actual string passed is "default"

[InflatableMouse]

Same thing here, big list of devices, only 1 works.

In that list there's one called: Default.

This default points to one the named devices, I tried to figure out how to set this default to the one that works, but I've not managed it yet.

Any ideas/tips on that would be appreciated.

This worked for me:

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cat /proc/asound/modules
gives this response

0 snd_hda_intel
1 snd_virtuoso

Use these to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Add to the end of the file:

# setting order
options snd_virtuoso index=0
options snd_hda_intel index=-2

Index=0 makes that card the default, -2 makes sure that one isn't being used.

Obviously replace the "snd_blah" for whatever cat /proc/asound/modules outputs.

Reboot or try

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sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
In my case this made the Default that MC shows on top of the list a working option. Also, some game which used the Default didn't even start ... now it starts and has working sound.