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riddler

Member

Registered: 2004-10-07

Posts: 28

ALsa + Soundblaster Live 5.1 + 5.1 Sound

HI there!

I finally bought a 5.1 Surround System today, but I have a major problem. Only the Subwoofer, Fron-Left- and Front-Right-Speakers are working, no Sound from Center, Surround-Left- and Surround-Right-Speakers

Here is my modules.conf, Alsa-Page says it should work:

#*************************************************
# module : ALSA
#*************************************************
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 snd_cards_limit=1
options snd-emu10k1 snd_index=0 snd_id="EMU10K1" snd_extout=0x1f0f

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd-pcm-oss snd_dsp_map=0 snd_adsp_map=3

alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss

And now my .asounrc

pcm.emu10k1 {
           type hw
           card 0
        }

        ctl.emu10k1 {
           type hw
           card 0
        }

I tried so much already and nothing works

I played around with alsamixer and I finally got the Center-Speaker to work, but it just works instead of the Front-Left-Speaker. It really sucks.

Maybe you can help me, it would be nice.

riddler

Member

Registered: 2004-10-07

Posts: 28

Re: ALsa + Soundblaster Live 5.1 + 5.1 Sound

Finally I got it.

I deactivated my onboard sound in BIOS and played around a bit with alsamixer, runs perfect.

arch_mike

Member

From: Toronto

Registered: 2005-06-25

Posts: 29

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Re: ALsa + Soundblaster Live 5.1 + 5.1 Sound

i had some same issues , but i have soundblaster live 24-bit , but disabling the onboard bios didnt do anything for me , so i had to look for some ways to figure out how to fix this , * love thy google.com/linux *

bash# speaker-test -c6 -t2 ( this is to test your surround speakers , providing your using ca0106 driver such as myself )
if you only get a few channels you could also make your ~/.asoundrc file with some goodies in it  ill post a few examples i have found

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pcm.ca0106 {
type hw
card 0
}

ctl.ca0106 {
type hw
card 0
}

ctl.!default {
    type hw           
    card 0
}

pcm.!default {
    type hw           
    card 0
}

pcm.!default {
        type plug
        slave.pcm "dout"
    }

pcm.dout {
    type dmix
    ipc_key 1025
    slave {
        pcm "hw:0"
        period_time 0
        period_size 1024
        buffer_size 4096
        rate 44100
    }
}

ctl.dout {
type hw
card 0
}

pcm.duplicate {
type plug
slave.pcm "surround51"
slave.channels 6
route_policy duplicate
}

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pcm.dmixs51 {
  type dmix
  ipc_key 1024
  slave {
    pcm "hw:0,1"
    rate 48000
    channels 6
    period_time 0
    period_size 1024
    buffer_time 0
    buffer_size 4096
  }
}
pcm.!default {
  type plug
  slave.pcm "dmixs51"
}
pcm.duplicate {
  type plug
  slave.pcm "dmixs51"
  slave.channels 6
  route_policy duplicate
}

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Now dont forget to run alsaconf before you do this and make sure you have 5.1 surround speakers for this as well
   
any other questions about the soundblaster live 24-bit , contact me and ill try to help if i can , ( i have been reading about this for days  )

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