Re: [Alsa-user] getting 3 stereo dsp devices from a 5.1 sound card

On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 05:37:19PM +0200, Martin Horn wrote: > I recommend using JACK for that to get this going fast and easy. You can set > up a virtual JACK soundcard like this: Ah, thanks, I hadn't looked at JACK. > http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Jack_(plugin)

Re: [Alsa-user] getting 3 stereo dsp devices from a 5.1 sound card

On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 04:48:30PM +0200, Martin Horn wrote: > have a look at the file .asoundrc I think we both know it's in ~/.asoundrc :) > you can do this by modyfing it, seasrch the web for howtos I looked before asking, see: > > > I haven't found this anywhere in the FAQs. Marc -- "A mo

[Alsa-user] getting 3 stereo dsp devices from a 5.1 sound card

I haven't found this anywhere in the FAQs. If I have a 5.1 sound card, i.e. a card that will drive 6 speakers, I would like to play 3 different stereo sounds on 3 pairs of 2 speakers so that I don't have to buy 3 sound cards. Is this doable? If so do you have a link to instructions and does this

[Alsa-user] Re: Sound on spdif on zoltrix nightingale (cmipci)

On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 09:25:41PM -0700, Marc MERLIN wrote: > (repost, my first message apparently never went through) Mmmh, someome says both went through, but I can't find either in the archives... > I installed alsa 0.90rc1, and I have basic sound working fine, but as far as &

[Alsa-user] Sound on spdif on zoltrix nightingale (cmipci)

(repost, my first message apparently never went through) Hi, I bought a zoltrix nightingale pro 6 with the hopes of doing straight AC3 sound to my 5.1 receiver. I installed alsa 0.90rc1, and I have basic sound working fine, but as far as I can tell, I can't get any sound to come out of the spdi

[Alsa-user] Sound on spdif on zoltrix nightingale (cmipci)

Hi, I bought a zoltrix nightingale pro 6 with the hopes of doing straight AC3 sound to my 5.1 receiver. I installed alsa 0.90rc1, and I have basic sound working fine, but as far as I can tell, I can't get any sound to come out of the spdif interface. I have used alsa-mixer to unmute all the cha

Re: [Alsa-user] which cards for AC3 sound over SPDIF with alsa?

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:21:37PM +0100, Janroel Koppen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:41:10 -0800 > Marc MERLIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My goal is to hook up the sound card to my ac3/dts decoder and play > DVDs on > > linux while g

[Alsa-user] which cards for AC3 sound over SPDIF with alsa?

My goal is to hook up the sound card to my ac3/dts decoder and play DVDs on linux while getting 5.1 sound on my entertainment system. I've spent some time looking at alsa support for AC3 over SPDIF (coax) and what I found was: - cards based on cmi8738 will apparently do what I want - some soun