From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA / emu10k1 / SPDIF / surround? Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:08:55 -0400 Message-ID: <1125356936.4598.83.camel@mindpipe> References: <1124755115.5763.3.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125166820.22285.68.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125168446.25011.68.camel@mindpipe> <1125173150.22285.103.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125174445.25011.76.camel@mindpipe> <1125177706.22285.144.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125178767.25011.86.camel@mindpipe> <1125181627.22285.155.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125183623.25011.102.camel@mindpipe> <1125195487.2684.8.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125196132.25011.111.camel@mindpipe> <1125325907.4598.23.camel@mindpipe> <1125342246.21560.2.camel@hostmaster.org> <1125345314.4598.58.camel@mindpipe> <1125356738.21560.27.camel@hostmaster.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1125356738.21560.27.camel@hostmaster.org> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Thomas Zehetbauer Cc: Takashi Iwai , alsa-devel , ALSA user list List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 01:05 +0200, Thomas Zehetbauer wrote: > On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 15:55 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > I still think these are poor choices for mixer control names. The kX > > driver solves this problem nicely by separating the AC97 mixer controls > > from the ones implemented with EMU10K1 DSP microcode. I guess to have > > this option on Linux, we'd need some way for driver to report which > > controls are part of the AC97 codec. > > It's not the name, it's the almost total lack of documentation that > makes mixer controls so confusing. I am going to make up a page from > what I have learned, but I feel that I am still scratching on the > surface. For example I still wonder what these controls do: > - 3D Control - Switch > - 3D Control Sigmatel - Depth > - 3D Control Sigmatel - Rear Depth > - Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo Playback Switch I think those are generic AC97 features. FWIW they are just as cryptic on Windows ("3D Enhancement" or something). I guess you already looked at Documentation/SB-Live-mixer.txt? Lee ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf