From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Henningsson Subject: Re: 5.1 surround on 3 jacks (retasking) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:55:33 +0200 Message-ID: <4C792365.6050308@canonical.com> References: <4C75A7D9.1030604@canonical.com> <4C76100C.3040205@canonical.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from adelie.canonical.com (adelie.canonical.com [91.189.90.139]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7F4244E1 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:55:36 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Keith Chew Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org 2010-08-28 16:11, Keith Chew skrev: >> And 6 channels is now working perfectly. I have also tried the early >> patch method, and that works too! >> >> Thanks again for all your help. >> > > Hi David > > Just a quick follow up on this. I have found the volume on the output > jacks to be quite soft. 100% (master, front, clfe, surround) volume in > alsamixer gives the same volume as 60% percent using a soundblaster > card (driver CA0106). Is it a known issue with realtek ALC888 hardware > that the output volume is generally lower? Or perhaps there is some > "gain" setting I can use for the pin config? Answering as a layman - make sure there are no other volume controls you need turn up. There is also the -10 dBv <=> +4 dBu difference, could be that your old card had the other voltage reference. Other than that, I don't know. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. http://launchpad.net/~diwic