Re: using the Zoom H1 recorder as a USB audio card

Hi Alex,

thank for the insight.

> Mine has no options to chose
> the sample rate, though. The OS chooses the sample rate between
> 44.1kHz and 48kHz. If I run sndiod with -r 44100, its small screen
> displays "44.1k" in the bottom-left corner and I confirm that it
> operats at 44.1kHz.

Must be the different firmware - or maybe a different model.
It's a H1, but they make a white one and a black one; mine is the white.

It has firmware 2/10, which seems to be the latest to download at
https://www.zoom.co.jp/node/54#downloads - the H1 is discontinued:
https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/handheld-recorders/handheld-recorders/h1/

I "upgraded" anyway (from 2.10 to 2.10).

> > rsnd/1: 48000Hz, s16le, play 0:1, rec 0:1, 16 blocks of 480 frames
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> sndiod is still using 48kHz. The driver allowed this because the
> device claimed 48000 capability.

I guess I will stick to using the H1 @ 48k (which I preffer anyway).

> My guess is that the device tries to force 44.1kHz, but doesn't do it
> correctly. It's supposed to "hide" the 48kHz capability to force the
> driver to use 44.1kHz.

I believe this is not sndiod'd fault: it does what it does
according to what the device tells it, and it says 48k even
if I have clearly chosen 44k.

> What's the version of the firmware? FWIW, mine says its v1.19.

We must have a different make then.
(Do you have the black one?)

	Jan