[Alsa-user] just my 2c from an 8233a owner

2004-01-19 Thread Renai
> >>I guess you could say its stable, but it sure doesn't seem very useable > >>to me. I am quite good at getting things to work, even when they don't > >>want to, but nothing I do can make ALSA functional so just how useable > >>is that? > >> > >That doesn't necessarily mean that the ALSA

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 21:47, Noah Roberts wrote: > Then I find it very interesting that the best answer so far has been to > downgrade to 0.9.0rc6 and use the 2.4.x kernel tree. In fact I have > seen no other responce to myself or anyone else that has had problems > with this driver. OK, so

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Noah Roberts
Matthew Geddes wrote: On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 15:35, Noah Roberts wrote: I guess you could say its stable, but it sure doesn't seem very useable to me. I am quite good at getting things to work, even when they don't want to, but nothing I do can make ALSA functional so just how useable is th

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 21:17, Matthew Geddes wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 15:35, Noah Roberts wrote: > > > I guess you could say its stable, but it sure doesn't seem very useable > > to me. I am quite good at getting things to work, even when they don't > > want to, but nothing I do can make A

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Matthew Geddes
On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 15:35, Noah Roberts wrote: > I guess you could say its stable, but it sure doesn't seem very useable > to me. I am quite good at getting things to work, even when they don't > want to, but nothing I do can make ALSA functional so just how useable > is that? That doesn't

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Noah Roberts
Erik Steffl wrote: Richard Kimber wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:12:45 -0800 Noah Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Erik Steffl wrote: so while you are pretty much right that alsa is not easy to configure, it's not easy to figure out what is supported for particular cards etc. it's all work i

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Noah Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:21 am, Richard Kimber wrote: particular cards etc. it's all work in progress. Maybe it's not for you at this time (that's not elitist remark, alsa simply does not provide what you want _at this time_) I wonder then, why does it have a 1.x

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Jason Clouse
On 2004-01-19 15:41:06 -0800 Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: alsa seems to be fairly stable now so it's time to build it into infrastructure (note that that's what the original poster complained about). and build infrastructure around it (so that it's easier to configure/use etc.) matu

[Alsa-user] intel8x0, problems with multiple audio streams and software mixing

2004-01-19 Thread Kacper Wysocki
Hi all, I've got the AMD-768 Opus Audio controller, which apparently uses the intel AC97 driver, and I can't seem to run more than one sound application at once, neither in alsa native or in oss emulation mode. For example, running xmms and xine at the same time makes whatever program was l

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Richard Kimber wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:12:45 -0800 Noah Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Erik Steffl wrote: so while you are pretty much right that alsa is not easy to configure, it's not easy to figure out what is supported for particular cards etc. it's all work in progress. Maybe it'

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread markc
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:21 am, Richard Kimber wrote: > > > particular cards etc. it's all work in progress. Maybe it's not for > > > you at this time (that's not elitist remark, alsa simply does not > > > provide what you want _at this time_) > > > > I wonder then, why does it have a 1.x version num

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Richard Kimber
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:12:45 -0800 Noah Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > > so while you are pretty much right that alsa is not easy to > > configure, it's not easy to figure out what is supported for > > particular cards etc. it's all work in progress. Maybe it'

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Noah Roberts
Erik Steffl wrote: so while you are pretty much right that alsa is not easy to configure, it's not easy to figure out what is supported for particular cards etc. it's all work in progress. Maybe it's not for you at this time (that's not elitist remark, alsa simply does not provide what you w

Re: [Alsa-user] lack of information (realtime alsaplayer)

2004-01-19 Thread Myk
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:05:23 +0100 Francesco Abbate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo everyone, > > I've recently switch to the 2.6.0 kernel and I've decided to > switch to ALSA too. > > I've enabled ALSA into the kernel *without* OSS emulation and > I've began to manage to get things works. >

Re: [Alsa-user] shittiness

2004-01-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Steve Conrad wrote: ... Compared to mature products like those with which I ordinarily work, alsa is an impenetrable thicket of trouble with few guideposts. because it is NOT a mature product. Both alsa and linux kernel are not mature as far as audio work goes - alsa only fairly recently stab

Re: [Alsa-user] lack of information

2004-01-19 Thread Florian Schmidt
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:05:23 +0100 Francesco Abbate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've enabled ALSA into the kernel *without* OSS emulation and > I've began to manage to get things works. I don't know if i can be of help about the other questions, but it is generally wise to use the oss emu module

Re: [Alsa-user] intel8x0 - SPDIF output STILL not working

2004-01-19 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:46:30 +0100, Alex Marandon wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > I encountered an ALSA problem which I chose to share with the [Alsa-user] > list 2 weeks ago, after having takled the problem a few months, but I still > haven't got any answer whether it is a known bug/configurat

Re: [Alsa-user] lack of information

2004-01-19 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:33:10 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > > Hallo, > Francesco Abbate hat gesagt: // Francesco Abbate wrote: > > > Hallo everyone, > > > > I've recently switch to the 2.6.0 kernel and I've decided to > > switch to ALSA too. > > > > I've enabled ALSA into the kernel *without*

Re: [Alsa-user] lack of information

2004-01-19 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Francesco Abbate hat gesagt: // Francesco Abbate wrote: > Hallo everyone, > > I've recently switch to the 2.6.0 kernel and I've decided to > switch to ALSA too. > > I've enabled ALSA into the kernel *without* OSS emulation Why? *Many* software still requires OSS emulation, sfxload being

[Alsa-user] Anyone lucky with the EDIROL UM-1SX?

2004-01-19 Thread Erich Kitzmüller
If so, which Distro, which Alsa version? regards Erich --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://w

[Alsa-user] lack of information

2004-01-19 Thread Francesco Abbate
Hallo everyone, I've recently switch to the 2.6.0 kernel and I've decided to switch to ALSA too. I've enabled ALSA into the kernel *without* OSS emulation and I've began to manage to get things works. PCM playback now works. I've my brave alsamixer and alsaplayer working and well configured. But

[Alsa-user] intel8x0 - SPDIF output STILL not working

2004-01-19 Thread Alex Marandon
Hello everyone! I encountered an ALSA problem which I chose to share with the [Alsa-user] list 2 weeks ago, after having takled the problem a few months, but I still haven't got any answer whether it is a known bug/configuration problem or anything else. I am willing to provide any further inform

Re: [Alsa-user] some open FAQ's

2004-01-19 Thread Tim Sawchuck
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:21:08 +0100 Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:15:16 +, > Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > > > [1 ] > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:09:21 +0100 > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > it means that the alsa-lib doesn't support the rear output > > > of your soundcard yet. usual

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[Alsa-user] no sound on the front channels on ICH5

2004-01-19 Thread Петр Меркулов
Hi, I faced a problem trying to get sound using ICH5 based motherboard. chipset - i875p (ICH5), ac-97 codec - Realtek 658, distr. RH Enterprise Linux 3, kernel 2.4.21, alsa-driver 1.0.1, kernel module used: snd-intel8x0, mixer: gnome-alsamixer, 5.1 analog speakers attached to back pane

Re: [Alsa-user] some open FAQ's

2004-01-19 Thread Florian Schmidt
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:15:16 + Tim Sawchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see in /usr/share/alsa/cards/cs46xx.conf there appears to be > support for my rear speaker and surround sound. Questions is, > what program calls the cs46xx.conf file to run and configure? Is > it alsaconf? Oh, i did

Re: [Alsa-user] some open FAQ's

2004-01-19 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:15:16 +, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > > [1 ] > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:09:21 +0100 > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > At Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:56:04 +0100, > > Florian Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > in the alsa FAQ from the alsa wiki page > > > [http://alsa.opensrc.org/?FAQ] there are som

RE:[Alsa-user] SBLive 5.1 - Analogue 5.1 Speakers

2004-01-19 Thread david.thompson
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "p z " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: RE:[Alsa-user] SBLive 5.1 - Analogue 5.1 Speakers > Hi Peter: > > Thanks for your reply. > > I am currently using alsa-0.9.6-96 - perhaps I should upgra

RE:[Alsa-user] Unknown capture setup

2004-01-19 Thread p z oooo
Hi, This is how it should work. Not every control must have mute. You don't need to set capture source - just set capture volume for sources which you want record and set capture volume to 0 for sources you don't want record. Peter Zubaj http://www.logofu

RE:[Alsa-user] Unknown capture setup

2004-01-19 Thread p z oooo
Hi, This is how it should work. Not every control must have mute. You don't need to set capture source - just set capture volume for sources which you want record and set capture volume to 0 for sources you don't want record. Peter Zubaj http://www.logofu

[Alsa-user] 5.1 - Analogue - Philips Soundcard

2004-01-19 Thread david.thompson
Hello Again:   Just posted an e-mail regarding 5.1 Analogue Speakers with SB Live 5.1 soundcard ...   Have another question...   Has anyone been able to setup a Philips Sonic Edge 5.1 Soundcard in Alsa yet?   If I can't get the SB Live card to work, a friend has offered me to try this one - b

Re: [Alsa-user] OSS Emu works, ALSA native doesn't

2004-01-19 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Patrick Barnes wrote: > I have recently upgraded to kernel 2.6 with alsa-libs and alsa-utils 1.0.1. The ALSA drivers in the 2.6 kernel aren't 1.0.1 (see /proc/asound/version). You can either use the appropriate version of the alsa-lib/utils packages, or you can disable the ALSA drivers in the ker

[Alsa-user] SBLive 5.1 - Analogue 5.1 Speakers

2004-01-19 Thread david.thompson
Hello:   Over the past few days I have been trying to set up a SB Live 5.1 Card on my SuSE 9.0 - 2.4.21 system to work with a set of Philips Analogue 5.1 speakers   So far I have not had any luck in getting these to work - as the centre/digital output seems to always be digital even thou

Re: [Alsa-user] OSS Emu works, ALSA native doesn't

2004-01-19 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Patrick Barnes hat gesagt: // Patrick Barnes wrote: > I have recently upgraded to kernel 2.6 with alsa-libs and alsa-utils 1.0.1. > I have ALSA compiled as modules with OSS emulation. Everything loads > great, and the OSS emulation works, but whenever I try to start a native > ALSA progr

[Alsa-user] Unknown capture setup

2004-01-19 Thread Robert F Merrill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/quakeforge-cvs/qw/source$ amixer set Mic cap amixer: Unknown capture setup 'cap'.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/quakeforge-cvs/qw/source$ amixer set PCM mute amixer: Unknown playback setup 'mute'.. What causes this? It's very annoying. I can't change my capture or mute settings in any m