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From: "Clemens Ladisch" <cladisch@fastmail.net>
Subject: Re: S16_LE + softvol = bad
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:00:47 +0100
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To: "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@gmail.com>, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
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Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> some cards (most notably, Intel HD audio) have the PCM control as softvol, and 
> default to S16_LE as a format for dmix.

HDA-Intel.conf doesn't set a sample format, and when none is set, dmix
tries S32 before S16.  You get S16 only if the device doesn't support
S32.


Regards,
Clemens