diff --git a/src/alsa/enumerate.rs b/src/alsa/enumerate.rs
index 6e590ac..5ceaba6 100644
--- a/src/alsa/enumerate.rs
+++ b/src/alsa/enumerate.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use super::Endpoint;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::mem;
 
+use libc;
+
 /// ALSA implementation for `EndpointsIterator`.
 pub struct EndpointsIterator {
     // we keep the original list so that we can pass it to the free function
@@ -54,19 +56,44 @@ impl Iterator for EndpointsIterator {
                     return None;
                 }
 
-                let name = alsa::snd_device_name_get_hint(*self.next_str as *const _,
-                                                          b"NAME".as_ptr() as *const _);
+                let name = {
+                    let n_ptr = alsa::snd_device_name_get_hint(*self.next_str as *const _,
+                                                               b"NAME\0".as_ptr() as *const _);
+                    if !n_ptr.is_null() {
+                        let n = CStr::from_ptr(n_ptr).to_bytes().to_vec();
+                        let n = String::from_utf8(n).unwrap();
+                        libc::free(n_ptr as *mut _);
+                        Some(n)
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    }
+                };
+
+                let io = {
+                    let n_ptr = alsa::snd_device_name_get_hint(*self.next_str as *const _,
+                                                               b"IOID\0".as_ptr() as *const _);
+                    if !n_ptr.is_null() {
+                        let n = CStr::from_ptr(n_ptr).to_bytes().to_vec();
+                        let n = String::from_utf8(n).unwrap();
+                        libc::free(n_ptr as *mut _);
+                        Some(n)
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    }
+                };
+
                 self.next_str = self.next_str.offset(1);
 
-                if name.is_null() {
-                    continue;
+                if let Some(io) = io {
+                    if io != "Output" {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                 }
 
-                let name = CStr::from_ptr(name).to_bytes().to_vec();
-                let name = String::from_utf8(name).unwrap();
-
-                if name != "null" {
-                    return Some(Endpoint(name));
+                if let Some(name) = name {
+                    if name != "null" {
+                        return Some(Endpoint(name));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/alsa/mod.rs b/src/alsa/mod.rs
index 7dc6cc8..f8a041f 100644
--- a/src/alsa/mod.rs
+++ b/src/alsa/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ impl Endpoint {
     {
         unsafe {
             let mut playback_handle = mem::uninitialized();
-            check_errors(alsa::snd_pcm_open(&mut playback_handle, b"hw\0".as_ptr() as *const _,
+            let device_name = ffi::CString::new(self.0.clone()).unwrap();
+            check_errors(alsa::snd_pcm_open(&mut playback_handle, device_name.as_ptr() as *const _,
                                             alsa::SND_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
                                             alsa::SND_PCM_NONBLOCK)).unwrap();
 
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ impl Endpoint {
 
             let samples_rates = if min_rate == max_rate {
                 vec![min_rate]
-            } else if alsa::snd_pcm_hw_params_test_rate(playback_handle, hw_params.0, min_rate + 1, 0) == 0 {
-                (min_rate .. max_rate + 1).collect()
+            /*} else if alsa::snd_pcm_hw_params_test_rate(playback_handle, hw_params.0, min_rate + 1, 0) == 0 {
+                (min_rate .. max_rate + 1).collect()*/      // TODO: code is correct but returns lots of stuff
             } else {
                 const RATES: [libc::c_uint; 13] = [
                     5512,
@@ -115,11 +116,11 @@ impl Endpoint {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if rates.len() == 0 {
+                /*if rates.len() == 0 {
                     (min_rate .. max_rate + 1).collect()
-                } else {
-                    rates
-                }
+                } else {*/
+                    rates    // TODO: code is correct but returns lots of stuff
+                //}
             };
 
             let mut min_channels = mem::uninitialized();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cf50a6f..c2d42c5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ calling `append_data` repeatedly if you don't want the audio to stop playing.
 */
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate libc;
 
 pub use samples_formats::{SampleFormat, Sample};