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From: Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@powercraft.nl>
Subject: Re: how to configure .asoundrc to make arecord use a
 default device
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:14:46 +0200
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On 29/07/09 17:28, stan wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:46:54 +0200
> Jelle de Jong<jelledejong@powercraft.nl>  wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I am having some issues making arecord use the default device for
>> recording. Could somebody help me get a working .asoundrc
>> configuration?
>
>> It works with:
>> arecord -v -f S16_LE -r 44100 -D audiodevice0 ~/record0.wav
>> but it does not work with:
>> arecord -v -f S16_LE -r 44100 ~/record0.wav
>
> Make audiodevice0 your default device
>
> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc#The_default_plugin

Hi Stan thanks for helping out.

In the original mail I attached my asoundrc setup it can also be found 
here: http://debian.pastebin.com/m52601230 and now here below.

pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave.pcm dmixer
}
pcm.dmixer {
    type dmix
    ipc_key 1024
    slave.pcm hw:audiodevice0
}
ctl.!default {
     type hw
     card audiodevice0
}
ctl.dmixer {
    type hw
    card audiodevice0
}
pcm.dsp {
     type plug
     slave.pcm dmixer
}
ctl.mixer {
     type hw
     card audiodevice0
}

I am no asourdrc specialist and I always have got issues understanding 
the syntax when it comes down to more complicated setups. I know I need 
to make the audiodevice0 the default device. But how can I do this 
without losing my mixing support, how I configure it so it has dmix and 
dsnoop as default devices?

An example how to fix my asoundrc would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance,

Jelle