On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, F. Heitkamp wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Tommi Sakari Uimonen wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone got the subject card to work with Linux? I have followed all > > > > > the instructions to the best of my ability but can't get a musical peep > > > > > out of the card with Linux. > > > > > > > > and you have set the dac volumes up? > > > > > > I tried every combination of buttons/sliders I could think of. I have > > > been trying to just play a CD through the card using a number of > > > different CD player apps as well as XMMS etc.. If you can tell me the > > > settings for doing that I will try it. > > > > "just play cd" is actually not the easiest case. Since 2496 does not have > > cd-audio cable connector (directly from cd to sound card, like most SB's) > > it requires that the player reads the cd to data and then outputs it to > > soundcard. In xmms it's some plugin whose name I just can't remeber right > > now. > > > > Simplest case should be playing some wav file with aplay. > > > > Keep the envy24control open and aplay something. If you see action in > > the vu meters, at least something is working. If the dac volumes are up > > and pcm out 1&2 is routed to hw outs, you should be hearing stuff. > > > > On the envy24control the PCM Out 1-8 are all pegged. The HW In and S/PDIF > show nothing and the Digital Mixer shows nothing. > > What comes out of the speaker is what I call a digital noise. It has a > mid-frequency buzz/hiss and a lower frequency beating noise.
I assume it is lound noise. What it sounds like is that you are using the wrong byte order for the card-- try changing that. SB16LE or SB16BE as an option to aplay. (man aplay) > > It's when the noise is playing that the PCM outs are pegged. The patchbay > settings have to be on H/W Out 1/PCM Out 1 and H/W Out 2/PCM Out 2 and > when H/W out 1 is on either S/PDIF In L or Digital Mix L. The last two > settings make the noise come out of only one channel. A few various other > permutations can make the noise play as well, otherwize only silence > happens. This is all while I play a wav file with aplay (aplay song.wav) > Aplay says: Playing WAVE 'ladysonly2.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, > Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo. > > > > (And you have tested your amplifier connections etc..) > > The card works fine with both Mac OS X, and OS 9, though I've only tried > playing DVDs and CDs. I hope someday to get hooked up to my MIDI > keyboards but haven't yet. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
