Re: audioquest dragonfly not connecting with alsa

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:15:11 -0500,
chris hermansen wrote:
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> John and list,
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> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:38 AM John Covici <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:11:33 -0500,
> > chris hermansen wrote:
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> > > John and list;
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> > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 8:28 AM John Covici <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
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> > > > Hi.  I have a ?Dragonfly Red which is supposed to be a USB dac, and I
> > > > am unable to connectit with alsa.
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> > Thanks for your quick reply.  I would like to use a regular console
> > player such as mpv or some such to play directly to alsa without pulse
> > audio, and when I do /proc/asound/card1/stream0 I get much the same as
> > you.  so, for mpv, they have --audio-device=alsa/ and then they want
> > the alsa device name, so what can I put there?  Here is my current
> > /etc/asound.conf .
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> Check out this link: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/3955
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> It seems to suggest something like the following:
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> @NapoleonWils0n <https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n>
> > You might try audio-device=alsa/plughw:1,0 like example here
> > https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#options-audio-device
> > Didn't test it myself, though
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> > The second card mentioned in the .conf is another dac which I have,
> > but I could put a third stanza in there, if I knew what to put.
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> I don't have any suggestions about the .conf as I've never used one myself.
> 
Well, I got it to work!  the plughw was the trick, and I was able to
use the mix plugin to play more than one thing at a time -- actually I
don't do that, but sometimes I want to play two things at once and
pause and switch between them.  So, thanks much and I hope this can
help others in the future.

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