Re: cs64xx distortion (GameTheater XP)

[Friedrich Ewaldt <friedrich.ewaldt@gmx.de>]

Christian Esken wrote:

>Takashi Iwai wrote:
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>>Christian Esken wrote:
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>>>I wonder what the status of the cs64xx distortion problem is.
>>>I tested the 2003-01-14.tar.bz2 snapshot with my GameThaeter 7.1 XP
>>>and it still shows those heavy distortions on analog output.
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>>well, it looks like you passed external_amp=1 option to the module,
>>which you don't need usually.
>>
>>anyway, try the attached patch (and without external_amp=1 option).
>>it will clean up the amplifier controls.
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>Tried it. Unfortunately the patch does not help. Probably the distortion
>is slightly less, but still the soundcard is basically unusable.
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>I removed the external_amp=1 and reloaded the driver - and I sure that
>actually the new driver got loaded.
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Does the sound quality improve if you lower the volume of PCM and/or master?
If so, does reloading the cs46xx module (or restarting alsa) help?
Try
/etc/init.d/alsa force-restart
as root or
modprobe -r snd-cs46xx
modprobe snd-cs46xx
as root.

>Chris
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