From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: ca0106 (audigyls) driver: working in 5.1? Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 23:32:28 +0000 Message-ID: <41DC790C.5080608@superbug.co.uk> References: <20050105215446.GA6777@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050105215446.GA6777@elte.hu> 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: ocsi@debian.org Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Lenart Janos wrote: > Hi! > > I have a "Sound Blaster Live! 24 bit 7.1" soundcard. I am happily > reporting that analog output to two channels (simple stereo) is fully > working (at least for me) with the ca0106 (audigyls) driver. > However, I could not get it to work in 6 channels. I looked into the > code and got this from the main.c: > > /* hardware definition */ > static snd_pcm_hardware_t snd_ca0106_playback_hw = { > ... > .channels_min = 2, //1, > .channels_max = 2, //6, > .buffer_bytes_max = (32*1024), > .period_bytes_min = 64, > .period_bytes_max = (16*1024), > .periods_min = 2, > .periods_max = 8, > .fifo_size = 0, > }; > > Hmm. Why is the comment for .channels_min and .channels_max? [Please > note that I definetly not kernel developer] I tried to change them to 1 > and 6. No success. In this case, when I try to play anything in _not_ 2 > channels it's seems too slow (the whole box, and the sound too) and > distorted. I found out ( ;) ), that I should increase the > .period_bytes_{min,max} too. I tried as I found in other driver, but no > success so far. > So.. the question is: does anyone have a ca0106 driver which works for > 5.1 (I don't care with 7.1), or such just does not exists at all? > > Thank you all, and please, do not forgot to Cc: me, as I am not > subscribed to this list! > > Regards, Hehe, the comments should not be there. If you want 5.1 output, open the alsa device name "plug:surround51" instead of "default" or "plug:front" that give only stereo. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt