> * Native capability of sound card can be found from > cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params > > * Decoding is done by the player itself, most probably the decoder > output format in your case would be 96khz, 24 bit little endian. If > the native rate of your card is only 44100Hz/48000Hz, it can not > support this. > > * In order to play this format this has to be downsampled. The > downsamping could be done either by 1) the player itself, but it > completely depends upon the features and capabilities of the player or > 2)by the (alsa) driver. > > So these are your options. > * Try out different players as Camaleón suggested. > > * Many players allow you to specify the output audio device. > Try "plughw:0,0" instead of the default one. This is a special device > given by alsa to do audio processing. > > Another possibility would be to down-sample the file and then play it with mocp. How does one down-sample a .WAV file?
I tried "mplayer -ao plughw:0,0 file.mp3" but I got: No such audio driver 'plughw' No such audio driver '0' Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound
