Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:52 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:39 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > I think that's a DTS/DD file. Try this one: > > > > http://downloads.lightspeed.cx/lynne/bjorn_lynne-secret_world_(surround_version).ac3 > First off > > Nice song -- I might h

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:39 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:16 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > Playing SURROUNDTEST_011212.wav. > > Audio file file format detected. > > == > > Forced audio codec: hwac3 > >

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:16 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > Playing SURROUNDTEST_011212.wav. > Audio file file format detected. > == > Forced audio codec: hwac3 > Cannot find codec for audio format 0x2001. > Read DOCS/HTML/en/c

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 22:06 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 21:48 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > BTW: using files from > > http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/mall/index.asp?programid=2445 > > > > I ran "aplay -v ..." and got the following, > > > > > > aplay -v SURROUNDTEST_DD_640.wav

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 21:48 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > BTW: using files from > http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/mall/index.asp?programid=2445 > > I ran "aplay -v ..." and got the following, > > > aplay -v SURROUNDTEST_DD_640.wav Are you still testing AC3/DTS/etc passthrough? aplay won't play tho

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 21:48 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 19:05 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 18:50 -0400, Gordon McLellan wrote: > > > just to chime in ... I have a similar pioneer > > > > > > look on your display, where the little digital / analo

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 19:05 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 18:50 -0400, Gordon McLellan wrote: > > just to chime in ... I have a similar pioneer > > > > look on your display, where the little digital / analog display box > > is. when receiving a encoded pcm bitstream, the d

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 18:50 -0400, Gordon McLellan wrote: > just to chime in ... I have a similar pioneer > > look on your display, where the little digital / analog display box > is. when receiving a encoded pcm bitstream, the display will show: > > DOLBY > DIGITAL > > or > > DIGITAL > DTS >

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Gordon McLellan
just to chime in ... I have a similar pioneer look on your display, where the little digital / analog display box is. when receiving a encoded pcm bitstream, the display will show: DOLBY DIGITAL or DIGITAL DTS depending on the encoding used... when a normal non-encoded pcm is received the ind

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 17:57 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 17:39 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > > Does the receiver indicate an AC3 signal rather than standard PCM? > > No, nothing visibile on my receiver. > > Do you mean the receiver has no way to display whether it's receiv

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 17:39 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > Does the receiver indicate an AC3 signal rather than standard PCM? > No, nothing visibile on my receiver. Do you mean the receiver has no way to display whether it's receiving PCM or AC3, or that the indicator is not active? Lee ---

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 17:05 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:52 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:36 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:34 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:56 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > >

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:52 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:36 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:34 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:56 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 04:10 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote:

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:36 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:34 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:56 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 04:10 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, I still am unable to get surround sound to

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:34 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:56 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 04:10 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > > Unfortunately, I still am unable to get surround sound to work. The > > > way we were testing this is > > > with "sp

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:56 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 04:10 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > > Unfortunately, I still am unable to get surround sound to work. The > > way we were testing this is > > with "speaker-test -Dplug:iec958 -c6" (note: iec958 and spdif are the > > s

Re: [Alsa-user] symbol versioning issue in alsa-lib 1.0.13

2006-10-13 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Yoann WALTHER wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a set-top-box running mips, using linux 2.6.15, with alsa > driver enabled v1.0.10rc3, and uclibc. > I cross-compiled alsa-lib and alsa-utils, and got into issues with symbol > versioning enabled : > > If I let symbol versioning

Re: [Alsa-user] Re : Fortissimo IV works great wit h 44.1khz material, not great at all in 48khz

2006-10-13 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:04:13 +0400 Elie Morisse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le 13.10.2006 18:56:53, Sergei Steshenko a écrit : > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:59:32 -0400 > > Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Maybe you need to use alsamixer to set the clock rate to 48000? > > > >

Re: [Alsa-user] Capturing audio with mencoder and alsa

2006-10-13 Thread Carl Weidling
Clemens Ladisch responded to my request for help in gettingmencoder to record sound:Me:> I have an abit av8 MB running slackware 10.1 (just build a> new 2.6.18 kernel for it).  I am using the built-in > VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio> controller. I thank him for his interest. 

[Alsa-user] Re : Fortissimo IV works great wi th 44.1khz material, not great at all in 48khz

2006-10-13 Thread Elie Morisse
Le 13.10.2006 18:56:53, Sergei Steshenko a écrit : > On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:59:32 -0400 > Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Maybe you need to use alsamixer to set the clock rate to 48000? > > > > Lee > > > > > > FWIW - I do need to set clock in 'alsamixer' to 32000Hz when I use '

[Alsa-user] hda intal mic

2006-10-13 Thread alessandro cinelli
hi, i googled but i can't find any useful information about mic and hda-intel drivers.I wuold like to know if it's possible to get it work or if this feature is not yet implemented. I can hear sound and alsamixer tell me that i have a capture interface working, but i still can't use a mic. thanks

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with an ice1712 soundcard on recording

2006-10-13 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 18:15 +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: >> Lee Revell wrote: arecord -f dat x.wav is silent [] >>> Try arecord -r 44100 -f S16_LE >> maybe add -c2 to record stereo: arecord -r 44100 -f S16_LE -c2 blah.wav >> Overe here mono works OK but stereo gives

Re: [Alsa-user] MIDI (strange problem - Plays only one note)

2006-10-13 Thread Arthur Marsh
Evighetens Mørke wrote, On 2006-10-14 01:30: > I have some strange problem with midi. I read all gentoo.org > documentation, and all wiki.gentoo documentation, > and no success. > > I have Sound Blaster Live 5.1, emu10k1. > > A have kernel 2.6.17-r8, and I (think) checked al

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with an ice1712 soundcard on recording

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 18:15 +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > >> arecord -f dat x.wav is silent > >> > >> arecord -r 441000 x.wav is not broken but distorted more then 8 bit > >> quantization. > >> > > > > I guess you mean 44100? > > > > Anyway that last command will record

[Alsa-user] symbol versioning issue in alsa-lib 1.0.13

2006-10-13 Thread Yoann WALTHER
Hi,I'm working on a set-top-box running mips, using linux 2.6.15, with alsa driver enabled v1.0.10rc3, and uclibc.I cross-compiled alsa-lib and alsa-utils, and got into issues with symbol versioning enabled : If I let symbol versioning enabled, aplay will fail to get hw/sw params correctly. But if

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem with an ice1712 soundcard on recording

2006-10-13 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
Lee Revell wrote: >> arecord -f dat x.wav is silent >> >> arecord -r 441000 x.wav is not broken but distorted more then 8 bit >> quantization. >> > > I guess you mean 44100? > > Anyway that last command will record 8 bit audio at 44100Hz which still > won't sound good. > > Try arecord -r 44100

[Alsa-user] MIDI (strange problem - Plays only one note)

2006-10-13 Thread Evighetens Mørke
I have some strange problem with midi. I read all gentoo.org documentation, and all wiki.gentoo documentation, and no success. I have Sound Blaster Live 5.1, emu10k1. A have kernel 2.6.17-r8, and I (think) checked all midi and sound , alsa options for compile. A installed asfxload , and wh

[Alsa-user] mic boost (+20db) on snd_hda_intel?

2006-10-13 Thread Stefan Kombrink
Hi there, my sound card is a mobile's Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) device. I'd like to run skype, which is all fine, if not the mic input would be to low. Usually under Win I am using the mic boost which appears when I run other sound cards

Re: [Alsa-user] Fortissimo IV works great with 44.1khz material, not great at all in 48khz

2006-10-13 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:59:32 -0400 Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 15:46 +0400, Elie Morisse wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I make my Fortissimo IV running by passing the model="ms300" option to the > > snd-ice1724 module ( > > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/vi

[Alsa-user] sound card

2006-10-13 Thread sercan sen
Hi, First of all i really thanks to your interests in my problem. as i said before my OS is SLC4. i took the sound card error when i installed the SLC4 on my machine. now i am trying to solve the problem and listen to music when i am studying on linux. i know, the problem is not related with t

Re: [Alsa-user] Fortissimo IV works great with 44.1khz material, not great at all in 48khz

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 15:46 +0400, Elie Morisse wrote: > Hi, > > I make my Fortissimo IV running by passing the model="ms300" option to the > snd-ice1724 module ( > https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1556 ). It works > flawlessly on 44.1khz material, but horribly on 48khz, s

Re: [Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 04:10 -0400, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > Unfortunately, I still am unable to get surround sound to work. The > way we were testing this is > with "speaker-test -Dplug:iec958 -c6" (note: iec958 and spdif are the > same for this motherboard). > I am getting sound from my left an

[Alsa-user] Fortissimo IV works great with 44.1khz material, not great at all in 48khz

2006-10-13 Thread Elie Morisse
Hi, I make my Fortissimo IV running by passing the model="ms300" option to the snd-ice1724 module ( https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1556 ). It works flawlessly on 44.1khz material, but horribly on 48khz, so *i can't watch movies for now* :(.. I don't exactly know how to

[Alsa-user] routing audio to rear speakers

2006-10-13 Thread redroyalty
My problems is as follows: I have a soundstorm chip (nforce2) using the intel8x0 driver with asla 1.0.11rc2. Both are build into the kernel. I want a seperate device to play the audio on the rear speakers, without blocking any other audio streams. I do not have hw mixing so I have to use dmix. The

Re: [Alsa-user] Capturing audio with mencoder and alsa

2006-10-13 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Carl Weidling wrote: > I have an abit av8 MB running slackware 10.1 (just build a > new 2.6.18 kernel for it). I am using the built-in > VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio > controller. > > All I am trying to do is get stuff from my VCR onto the computer > using mencoder (part o

[Alsa-user] password

2006-10-13 Thread Bryan Bennetts
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[Alsa-user] RE : Re: Everything seems OK, but can't use amixer

2006-10-13 Thread nicolas ricard
Thank you Clemens, that was the problem.   I didn't install alsa-lib with the Makefile, but copied directly the required libraries. The configuration files in /usr/share/alsa were missing.   NicolasClemens Ladisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : nicolas ricard wrote:> I'm trying to install and c

[Alsa-user] Surround sound via optical spdif out

2006-10-13 Thread Nathan A. Smith
Hi, I am running a mythtv box based on Mandriva 2007 on a AMD 3200xp (Dual core) on an AM2 chipset. I am attempting to get surround sound audio out to my stereo via an optical s/pidf cable. With some help from kirberich && crimsum I adjusted the model= line in my modprobe.conf and applied t