# alsasink

This element renders audio samples using the ALSA audio API.

## Example pipelines

     gst-launch-1.0 -v uridecodebin uri=file:///path/to/audio.ogg ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! autoaudiosink

Play an Ogg/Vorbis file and output audio via ALSA.

## Hierarchy

    GObject
        ╰──GInitiallyUnowned
            ╰──GstObject
                ╰──GstElement
                    ╰──GstBaseSink
                        ╰──GstAudioBaseSink
                            ╰──GstAudioSink
                                ╰──alsasink

## Factory details

Authors: – Wim Taymans

Classification: – `Sink/Audio`

Rank – primary

Plugin – alsa

Package – GStreamer Base Plug-ins

## Pad Templates

### `sink`

    audio/x-raw:
             format: { F64LE, F64BE, F32LE, F32BE, S32LE, S32BE, U32LE, U32BE, S24_32LE, S24_32BE, U24_32LE, U24_32BE, S24LE, S24BE, U24LE, U24BE, S20LE, S20BE, U20LE, U20BE, S18LE, S18BE, U18LE, U18BE, S16LE, S16BE, U16LE, U16BE, S8, U8 }
             layout: interleaved
               rate: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
           channels: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
    audio/x-dsd:
             format: { DSDU32BE, DSDU16BE, DSDU8, DSDU32LE, DSDU16LE }
             layout: interleaved
     reversed-bytes: false
               rate: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
           channels: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
    audio/x-ac3:
             framed: true
    audio/x-eac3:
             framed: true
    audio/x-dts:
             framed: true
         block-size: { (int)512, (int)1024, (int)2048 }
    audio/mpeg:
        mpegversion: 1
    mpegaudioversion: [ 1, 3 ]
             parsed: true

Presence – always

Direction – sink

Object type – GstPad

## Properties

### card-name

    “card-name” gchararray

Human-readable name of the sound card

Flags : Read

### device

    “device” gchararray

ALSA device, as defined in an asound configuration file

Flags : Read / Write

Default value : default

### device-name

    “device-name” gchararray

Human-readable name of the sound device

Flags : Read

Default value : NULL

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