Re: [Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 4 July 2010 16:51, Manuel Reimer wrote: > James Courtier-Dutton wrote: >> Why would you need to downmix 5.1 to 2.0 ? >> Most Linux applications do the downmix for you. >> I.e. You tell it how many speakers you have, and it outputs the sound to >> them. >> e.g. The xine media player > > Gentoo

Re: [Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:19:39 +0200 Manuel Reimer wrote: > Sergei Steshenko wrote: > > Undebugaability of .asoundrc files is an ALSA architectural feature which I > > consider to be a bug. > > My problem is, that the .asoundrc does *nothing*. Still having people > talking in movies without anyth

Re: [Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread Manuel Reimer
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Why would you need to downmix 5.1 to 2.0 ? > Most Linux applications do the downmix for you. > I.e. You tell it how many speakers you have, and it outputs the sound to them. > e.g. The xine media player Gentoo uses Totem and I couldn't find the relevant setting for t

Re: [Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 4 July 2010 13:45, Manuel Reimer wrote: Why would you need to downmix 5.1 to 2.0 ? Most Linux applications do the downmix for you. I.e. You tell it how many speakers you have, and it outputs the sound to them. e.g. The xine media player Kind Regards James ---

Re: [Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread Manuel Reimer
Sergei Steshenko wrote: > Undebugaability of .asoundrc files is an ALSA architectural feature which I > consider to be a bug. My problem is, that the .asoundrc does *nothing*. Still having people talking in movies without anything on my speakers. Is there really no solution for this in ALSA? May

Re: [Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:45:12 +0200 ... > How does this "asoundrc" work and how to debug it? ... Undebugaability of .asoundrc files is an ALSA architectural feature which I consider to be a bug. Regards, Sergei. -- This

[Alsa-user] How to downmix 5.1 to stereo?

2010-07-04 Thread Manuel Reimer
Hello, I tried the following in my .asoundrc: pcm.51to20 { type route slave.pcm default slave.channels 6 ttable.0.0 1 # front left -> left ttable.1.1 1 # front right -> right ttable.2.0 0.707 # back left -> left, gain 3dB ttable.3.1 0.707 # back right -> right, ga

Re: [Alsa-user] Problems with 8 bit sound files & speakers

2010-07-04 Thread John Haxby
On 4 Jul 2010, at 00:21, Kjeld Flarup wrote: > > # aplay /net/192.168.1.104/userdata/multimedia/disk8/track_01.mp3 > [snip] > > # aplay /usr/lib/openoffice.org/basis3.2/share/gallery/sounds/theetone.wav > [snip] > # aplay /usr/share/sounds/gnome/default/alerts/bark.ogg aplay doesn't play MP3