[Alsa-user] XFI... again

2009-08-28 Thread Cyrille Brando
Hello, First of all, I am not a newbie, yet neither a Linux freak. So please be kind to me :-) Despite all my researches and findings, I am still not able to get my XFI Gamer running... What I already managed to do: - Last ALSA-driver snapshot (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai

[Alsa-user] aplay - no sound and never returns.

2009-08-28 Thread Benjamin Neuman
I am trying to get spdif out working on my ATIIXP sound card.When I run "aplay -D plughw:0,1 noise.wav", no sound is heard and aplay never returns to shell prompt. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! I can provide more info if needed. -Ben Gentoo kernel 2.6.30 ---

Re: [Alsa-user] audio loopback in linux

2009-08-28 Thread James Shatto
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:38:16 +0200 (CEST) Julien Claassen wrote: > Hi! >I'm not sure, if alsa does it, still. But you can do it with jackd (Jack > Audio Connection Kit). It's a low latecny audio server and a lot of Linux > Audio software support it. You can find packages in your distro. >

[Alsa-user] SuSE issues

2009-08-28 Thread Robert Easter
I've posted before about this, and got that I was not giving enough information. What was needed, or how to get it, I do not know. This laptop computer runs a 1.83 GHz, 2-channel Intel processor(s) in what was sold as a System 76 Pangolin. Whatever OS I run it is a long guessing game of install

Re: [Alsa-user] Very frustrating ALSA MIDI issue

2009-08-28 Thread James Gadsby
These are my soundcards: aplay -l List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: Cirrus Analog [Cirrus Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: Cirrus Digital [Cirrus Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0

Re: [Alsa-user] Very frustrating ALSA MIDI issue

2009-08-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
James Gadsby wrote: > Simply put, MIDI devices are not detected in the audio programs I use, > despite being detected at the USB level (as seen via lsusb). I know these > devices work with other PCs, Linux? > Here is my lsmod output There is no snd-usb-audio. It should be loaded automatically f

Re: [Alsa-user] audio loopback in linux

2009-08-28 Thread Julien Claassen
Hi! I'm not sure, if alsa does it, still. But you can do it with jackd (Jack Audio Connection Kit). It's a low latecny audio server and a lot of Linux Audio software support it. You can find packages in your distro. Then you simply do: jack_connect system:capture_1 system:playback_1 jack_co

Re: [Alsa-user] audio loopback in linux

2009-08-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
George Kuriakose wrote: > I want to loop back audio coming in line-in to line-out with minimum > latency. Is there any option in amixer or any other similar utility to > achieve this? Yes, but only if the hardware supports this. If not, use some program to record and play the same data back. Bes

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound Card Configuration

2009-08-28 Thread Clemens Ladisch
John Beavers wrote: > I tried that, that particular suggestion didn't work, It assumes that you use the default dmix configuration for your sound card. > but I changed it to > > pcm.!default rear:Live and > > pcm.!default front:Live > > which did work partially. However, it broke sound in