In article ,
Richard
Robinson wrote:
Jim Lesurf said:
In article ,
Richard Robinson wrote:

Hello. I'm baffled and looking for help. I've been trying to play
audio over my home wifi
... But if you want audio quality you might find you prefer using ALSA.

aplay -L

will list playout devices. I'd hope your system can then find the
required device. Usually Pulse will send out via ALSA anyway.

Thanks, but ... I _think_ I've ended up telling alsa to go out via
pulse. I do not like configuring linux sound. I never have, and it
doesn't seem to have got any more comprehensible since the last time I
looked ... I seem to have something that works and that'll do for now. I
may find more tuits for it later.

OK, that's fine if it is working correctly. Although I suspect in practice
Pulse is actually then sending out via ALSA as it tends to sit 'on top' of
it. If you want quality, though, check that the output sample rate reaching
the *playing hardware* is following the rate of the source material. Pulse
has a habit of mangling everything into 48k sample rate.

TBH setting up ALSA is usually pretty simply for playout. The problem is
generally the lack of documentation. But for future reference there are
pages on my Audiomisc site that explain how to set up ALSA for quality
audio replay. The hardest bit can be stopping Pulse from then 'nannying'
you and changing what you set.

Jim

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