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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 20 for Linux => Topic started by: Johnny Stork on November 17, 2013, 12:37:30 pm
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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?
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Use output format in DSP to set 48kHz (or 96), see what happens.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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:
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
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.