Im getting the error seen in the pic on a first time set up. I tried to install alsa-utils but they were already installed. aplay -l recognizes my hifi dac.
I also did
sudo nano /etc/asound.conf
and added the following as directed by a google search
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.pcm.substream 0
defaults.pcm.hw_name 0
anyone got any other ideas?

Don’t follow random instructions found on internet, it will most likely make things worse.
Please keep in mind we don’t have Crystal balls, USB mind readers or lay tarot’s, we need information. Just showing an error is not enough for us to support you.
Please provide:
- What is your hardware
- What is your DAC
- What version of Volumio are you using, don’t say the latest
To support you:
- Perform a factory reset
- Run the configuration wizard
- Reboot your device
- Dont install any plugin
Is the alsa error still there, if Yes:
- Provide a log
- Output of
cat /boot/config.txt
- Output of
cat /boot/userconfig.txt
- Output of
aplay -l