Re: Channels jumping with snd_intel8x0, nforce2 and 5.1 output

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:55:52 +0100,
Gorka Olaizola wrote:
> 
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> Hello,
> 
> I've been experimenting with a Nforce2 mobo during last month and the only
> thing I couldn't fix is this sound problem with 5.1 surround sound.
> 
> I have read all the messages in this and other lists refering this problem
> and I have tried 3 different versions of alsa drivers (0.9.8, 1.0.0rc2 and
> latest cvs 1.0.1). All of this present the same problem of jumping channels.
> 
> When seeking in mplayer or using speaker_test the channels change their
> positions randomly.
> I know it's a known bug but I want to know if it's on the list of bugs
> to fix or if it is a bigger problem like lack of documentation or something.

does this happen with 4.0 output?

what came into my mind is the alignment problem, if it doesn't happen
with 4.0 output.  check the period and buffer size shown in
/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0 directory, anyway.


thanks,

Takashi


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