At Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:39:18 -0500,
Marcel wrote:
> 
> * Takashi Iwai ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > At Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:42:39 -0500,
> > Marcel wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I've been trying to finetune my cmipci for several weeks now.   And this is
> > > the best way I've been able to get transparent operation with various audio
> > > material: stereo, mono, 4.0, 5.1.  The main problem being no surround sound
> > > iif "Exchange DAC" setting was not set, and sound on the rear speakers only
> > > if it was.
> > 
> > ah, this might be true.
> > does it happen both on 4.0 and 5.1 outputs?
> > i don't remember that it's necessary for 5.1 at the last time i
> > tested.
> 
> With surround40 plugin, 4 speakers, yes it's needed for both 4.0 and 5.1
> material.  Applications such as mplayer or xine will remix 5.1 material to
> 4 channels.  For 6 speakers systems, I really don't know.

could you try surround51 and check whether it somehow works?

> > perhaps we should simply remove this control from user and handle
> > internally for the MC6 chip.
> > 
> 
> I agree.  Its usage is confusing and may results in improper operation

how about the attached patch?


Takashi

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