[mythtv-users] All sound out S/PDIF

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/18/2008 02:25 PM, David Snider wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>> I'm on gentoo and found a
>>> file named /etc/asound.names.
>>    I'd like to know more about this. I've been around alsa a long time
>> and I've never heard of /etc/asound.names.
> Nope, it's definetly /etc/asound.names.

sudo /usr/sbin/alsactl names

>>    I think the intended method to get a list of devices or PCMs is to
>> use aplay -l or aplay -L

That doesn't really work anymore.  ALSA devs changed it.  I forgot what 
the command is, now, that gives a list of defined virtual devices.

Mike