Re: [Alsa-user] How to use Surroundsound with alsa??

2006-03-31 Thread Marcel Witte
Takashi Iwai schrieb: At Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:47:41 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 21:52 +0200, Marcel Witte wrote: I have searched with google and found a lot of /etc/asoundrc...but noone of them worked correctly. Most of the .asoundrc examples people post on th

Re: [Alsa-user] divided multichannel

2006-03-31 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 13:59 -0500, Gordon McLellan wrote: > I searched google a little, and this list archives, and I have found > this very question asked several times, but no one ever offered a > response. So I take it this must be harder than it sounds? Nope, just the opposite - it's too ea

[Alsa-user] divided multichannel

2006-03-31 Thread Gordon McLellan
Greetings! I'm new to the list, and although not new to alsa, I'm new to "how it works" ... in the past, I've just relied on it to do it's magic, auto-configured as it was during the install :) Anyway ... my goal, lofty perhaps, is to have multiple room music from my linux machine, that is runnin

Re: [Alsa-user] How do I boost my mic level?

2006-03-31 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 12:56 -0500, Bill White wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > If they refuse to let the user select the sound device, at least use > > "default" vs. hw:0. > This may be what they are doing. I don't know enough about Alsa to > use the right terminology reliably. > > Is there a book

Re: [Alsa-user] How do I boost my mic level?

2006-03-31 Thread Bill White
Lee Revell wrote: If they refuse to let the user select the sound device, at least use "default" vs. hw:0. This may be what they are doing. I don't know enough about Alsa to use the right terminology reliably. Is there a book or a web site which has an explanation of Alsa for non-experts? I'm

Re: [Alsa-user] How do I boost my mic level?

2006-03-31 Thread Bill White
Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: Do you have a "+20 db microphone boost" setting? I use the following script to turn boost on and off: Thanks. As soon as I sent the message I found the "+20db boost" setting. The real reason to ask questions is so that you can see the obvious just after you ask, I suppo

Re: [Alsa-user] How to use Surroundsound with alsa??

2006-03-31 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:47:41 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 21:52 +0200, Marcel Witte wrote: > > I have searched with google and found a lot of /etc/asoundrc...but noone of > > them worked correctly. > > Most of the .asoundrc examples people post on the net are garbage. > Che

[Alsa-user] changing usb devices

2006-03-31 Thread Niv
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, If somebody may direct me to an article I would be thankful. I have several sound devices that change. * a usb sound card with output only * a usb webcam with a microphone * a bluetooth adapter that provides a sound device with my BT headse

Re: [Alsa-user] How to use Surroundsound with alsa??

2006-03-31 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 19:10 +0200, Marcel Witte wrote: > > Most of the .asoundrc examples people post on the net are garbage. > > Check the list archives for some better examples. > > > I've searched in the ml-archive but found no useable example. Can anyone > send me a good example for 5.1-Sou

Re: [Alsa-user] How to use Surroundsound with alsa??

2006-03-31 Thread Marcel Witte
Most of the .asoundrc examples people post on the net are garbage. Check the list archives for some better examples. I've searched in the ml-archive but found no useable example. Can anyone send me a good example for 5.1-Sound (not SPDIF) and dmix ?? There's still no easy way to do this. T

Re: [Alsa-user] Re: problem with installing alsa-utils - maybe solved (hack job)

2006-03-31 Thread Bill Unruh
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, intermod wrote: You could look into the make file or the .spec file to see what files it expects. The .spec file is something with rpm. It is the file that gives rpm the instructions as to how to build the package. HOwever your problems are with the make file itself, not w

Re: [Alsa-user] How do I boost my mic level?

2006-03-31 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 09:25 -0500, Bill White wrote: > Gizmo's alsa support > only uses "hw:0", and is not selectable. That's completely broken (though unrelated to your problem), please report it to the Gizmo developers as a bug. For example this can't work on hardware that only supports 48000H

[Alsa-user] How do I boost my mic level?

2006-03-31 Thread Bill White
This seems like a simple question, but I'm stumped. I have a relatively inexpensive Altec Lansing headset with headphones and a mic. I don't have the model number, but they cost me about 45/USD at BestBuy a week ago, if that gives you an idea of their level. I have two sound cards on my system.

Re: [Alsa-user] Unable to play mu-law files

2006-03-31 Thread Takashi Iwai
At Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:14:39 -0600, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote: > > Clemens, Takashi, > > Thanks for your response. I have two follow-up questions. > > > >>> I am unable to play mu-law files. > >> ALSA does support mu-Law. > >> > >>> If I try > >>> > >>> aplay file.wav > >>> > >>> I get the error me

Re: [Alsa-user] Unable to play mu-law files

2006-03-31 Thread Moshe Yudkowsky
Clemens, Takashi, Thanks for your response. I have two follow-up questions. I am unable to play mu-law files. ALSA does support mu-Law. If I try aplay file.wav I get the error message aplay: test_wavefile:726: can't play not PCM-coded WAVE-files Aplay's module for reading .wav files doe

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Re: [Alsa-user] How can I enable SB-Live gameport for midi events

2006-03-31 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Iftikhar Rathore wrote: > It used to work when I was using redhat type distro, now that I have > ubuntu. I just cannot get a peep out of my midi controller. Kernel version ("uname -a")? ALSA version (/proc/asound/version)? > 1) How do I enable the gameport on SB-Live for midi input. I have On