Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA wizard...

[Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 11:39 AM Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:
>

>
> Applications can be rather particular regarding bitrate, bit sample formats,
> channel configuration and other options.  I understand Firefox wants to have
> 48000Hz or it won't play.  So, even if your DAC can do 96000Hz, you may need
> to specify a lower bit rate in the above config.
>
> The mic may also need specifying a particular endianess format and this may
> need to be different if you are using some websocket in FF, Vs the discord app
> directly.  You could try S32_LE or S16_LE and various bit rates.
>
> The idea being to force alsa to use whatever format and rates the application
> may need/want, rather than passing through whatever the hardware is capable
> of.

Will keep trying, but I believe the explanation is simple: they
(discord, slack,...) don't care about linux. I found people
complaining about the behaviour of discord even for pulseaudio users.

thanks

Jorge