On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 14:40 +0300, Svetlozar Argirov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use all 5 channels of my EMU10k1, when playing music. So
> far I've found that the following .asoundrc works pretty well in
> duplicating the front channels to rear ones:
>
> pcm.!dmix {
> type plug
> slave {
> pcm surround51
> channels 6
> }
> }
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave.pcm "dmix"
> slave.channels 6
> route_policy duplicate
> }
>
Don't use dmix with the emu10k1. It has hardware mixing.
Try aplay -D plug:surround51.
> But when using a mixer to adjust the volume, Master channel control
> adjusts only the front channels. And even muting master leaves rear
> channels playing. So I was wondering is there a way to make the master
> volume control aware of the rear channels , so all channels are
> controlled by it. I suppose I have to add configuration for the ctl
> device also, but couldn't find anything about how to do it, or at least
> some kind of what configuration options are available to this device class.
>
Known bug, should be fixed in ALSA 1.0.11.
Lee
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