Hello all, This is my first post, as this is the first trouble I've had with ALSA. My problem is I just got a new computer. It's a MSI 865PE Neo2 mobo with an onboard sound chip. The manual says it is "6 channel software audio codec C-Media 9739A, compliance with AC97 v2.2 spec". So first i tried the cmipci driver. That didn't work at all. I checked my /proc/pci file and it turns out it's being detected as an Intel ICH5 82xxxx (sorry I forget what the x's are, I'm in Windows right now). So then I recompiled kernel modules for the intel8x0 driver. This works, and I have regular 2 channel sound, but I'd really like to use the 5.1 surround capaiblities of the chip, like I can in Win XP.
Does the intel8x0 driver support surround sound? I unmuted the appropriate channels in alsamixer, but still no sound out of anything but the two front speakers. It came to mind that maybe I just need to get something to play that is encoded with 5.1 sound. So I tried a DVD with mplayer and still nothing. In the mplayer startup it even recognized 3f+2r+lfe configuration. How is 5.1 sound normally achieved with my chip? Is unmuting the channels all there should be to it? Thanks. Matt ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
