ALSA emu10k1 driver doesn't support 5.1 playback through OSS emulation. You have to use native ALSA applications.
Peter Zubaj On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 14:36 -0700, Dave D wrote: > Hello all, > > briefly, everything works great if I do this: > > > mplayer -ao alsa dvd://1 -channels 6 > > > all audio channels work perfect. However, when I do this: > > mplayer -ao oss dvd://1 -channe > ls 6 > > I'm getting all channels (including LFE) except the center channel is > > outputting either the left or right front speakers (not sure which one). > The center channel is not tied to the center speaker. The same issue exists > on different distributions also > > > xine has the same issue if I use OSS as the driver... which tells me it's an > alsa emulation issue, not mplayer. > > > I do notice that when I use the alsa driver (no emulation), the CPU > utilization jumps up and I can't watch > HDTV programming (which is why I care, btw) > > > I have a sound blaster audigy 2 ZS with the emu10k1 drivers with a > 2.6.16.11 kernel. I only have the alsa drivers compiled with OSS > compatibility (the depricated oss drivers are not enabled... nor should they > be). > > > Anyone had similar issues? Is there something in .asoundrc somewhere > that might be screwy? > > > Thanks, > - Dave _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
