[Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-16 Thread Rich Rosa
Greetings All, I have read the prior postings about this problem. I am running FC4 with kernel 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.  I recently upgraded ALSA to 1.0.10rc3. Since the upgrade I have lost all ability to use dmix. I am seeing strange errors like: ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:815:(snd_pcm_direct_initiali

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-16 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 21:38 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > Greetings All, > > I have read the prior postings about this problem. > > I am running FC4 with kernel 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4. I recently upgraded > ALSA to 1.0.10rc3. > > Since the upgrade I have lost all ability to use dmix. I am seeing > st

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-16 Thread Rich Rosa
Thank you Lee for the quick response. I am running alsa-lib-1.0.10-26.rhfc4.atalsa-driver-1.0.10-43.rhfc4.at I am at slightly differnt patch levels. Should that matter?On 1/16/06, Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 21:38 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote:> Greetings All, >> I have rea

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-16 Thread Sergei Steshenko
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:45:59 -0500 Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also make sure alsa-lib and > alsa-driver are the same version. Can't you developers implement a cross version checking and issue a HUGE warning in case versions do not match ? It's really sad to read this (though useful)

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-16 Thread Lee Revell
On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 21:59 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > Thank you Lee for the quick response. > > I am running > alsa-lib-1.0.10-26.rhfc4.at > alsa-driver-1.0.10-43.rhfc4.at > > I am at slightly differnt patch levels. Should that matter? > > That should be fine. > > On 1/16/06, Lee Revell <

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-16 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 05:03 +0200, Sergei Steshenko wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:45:59 -0500 > Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Also make sure alsa-lib and > > alsa-driver are the same version. > > Can't you developers implement a cross version checking and issue > a HUGE warning in

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Rich Rosa
What do you think of downgrading to make this work?On 1/16/06, Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 05:03 +0200, Sergei Steshenko wrote:> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:45:59 -0500 > Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > Also make sure alsa-lib and> > alsa-driver are the same ver

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 15:01 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > What do you think of downgrading to make this work? It still does not work with the latest ALSA version? How exactly are you testing it, and what is the exact error you get? Lee --- This

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Rich Rosa
I appreciate your help.I upgaded to 1.0.11rc2. It is patched with the ICE1712.conf changes.This is the error I get in alsaplayer$ alsaplayer -d channel12 joe.mp3ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:813:(snd_pcm_direct_initialize_slave) requested or auto-format is not available ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmi

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 18:21 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > I appreciate your help. > > I upgaded to 1.0.11rc2. It is patched with the ICE1712.conf changes. It looks like your .asoundrc is incorrect, it does not specify S32_LE format which is all the hardware supports. Why don't you just remove the .a

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 18:21 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > pcm.channel12 { > type dmix > ipc_key 1024 > slave { > pcm "hw:0,0" > period_time 0 > period_size 1024 > buffer_size 4096 > rate 44100 > } > bindings { > 0 2 > 1 3 > }

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Rich Rosa
Thanks again. My objective for purchasing this card is to use it to output several different stereo channels of sound to my home audio equiment concurrently. The configurations that were posted on this group all worked on prior versions of ALSA then something broke. From here on I'm kinda lost. I

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 19:39 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > Thanks again. > > My objective for purchasing this card is to use it to output several > different stereo channels of sound to my home audio equiment > concurrently. The configurations that were posted on this group all > worked on prior versi

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Rich Rosa
yes, I tried that. I get this error. alsaplayer -d surround51 joe.mp3 error on set_format SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE Unavailable hw params: ACCESS:  RW_INTERLEAVED FORMAT:  S32_LE SUBFORMAT:  STD SAMPLE_BITS: 32 FRAME_BITS: 320 CHANNELS: 10 RATE: [8000 96000] PERIOD_TIME: (20 409500] PERIOD_SIZE: [2 3

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 20:31 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > yes, I tried that. I get this error. > > alsaplayer -d surround51 joe.mp3 What about plug:surround51? Lee --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
Please leave alsa-user in the CC list, so other users will see the solution! On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 20:50 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > Thanks!! That works, and lights up audio in channels 1&2. I'm still > miffed out how to get audio concurrently on channel 3&4 on this puupy. > I imagine my asound.conf

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 20:50 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > I imagine my asound.conf was close but throws those errors I showed > you. > These cards are tricky to create a custom config for, due to unusual hardware restrictions (S32_LE format and a small audio buffer). This is why I recommend using t

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Rich Rosa
I tried without the asound.conf file. I can send audio to any of the pre-defined channels, but not two at the same time. I feel we're getting closer here though. On 1/17/06, Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 20:50 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote:> Thanks!! That works, and lights up

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:06 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > I tried without the asound.conf file. I can send audio to any of the > pre-defined channels, but not two at the same time. I feel we're > getting closer here though. I am not sure this hardware supports using the outputs simultaneously as inde

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Lee Revell
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:06 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > I tried without the asound.conf file. I can send audio to any of the > pre-defined channels, but not two at the same time. I feel we're > getting closer here though. By "at the same time" do you mean two alsaplayer processes, or two stereo pai

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-17 Thread Rich Rosa
two stereo pairs. By way of testing I set up an ALSA process and a MPD process. They cannot play concurrently. On 1/17/06, Lee Revell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:06 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > I tried without the asound.conf file. I can send audio to any of the> pre-defined ch

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Rich Rosa
OK. I have a solution and a working asound.conf file. The setup below allows me to use two seperate stereo channels to output MPD streams. This is working well now. My only remaining problem is how to use XMMS with this config file. Everytime I try it it is blocked. Any suggestions? pcm.!default

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 19:52 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > OK. I have a solution and a working asound.conf file. The setup below > allows me to use two seperate stereo channels to output MPD streams. > This is working well now. > > My only remaining problem is how to use XMMS with this config file. >

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Rich Rosa
My XMMS settings are: audio device: pcm:channel12 Mixer Card: M-Audio Delta 1010LT Mixer Device: PCM On 1/20/06, Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 19:52 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote:> OK. I have a solution and a working asound.conf file. The setup below> allows me to use two

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 20:44 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > My XMMS settings are: > audio device: pcm:channel12 > Mixer Card: M-Audio Delta 1010LT > Mixer Device: PCM > I have absolutely no idea why this won't work. If aplay works then XMMS should. Try stracing it. Lee ---

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 20:44 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > My XMMS settings are: > audio device: pcm:channel12 > Mixer Card: M-Audio Delta 1010LT > Mixer Device: PCM > Also your Bindings syntax is still completely wrong, see my previous email. Lee --

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 20:44 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > My XMMS settings are: > audio device: pcm:channel12 > Mixer Card: M-Audio Delta 1010LT > Mixer Device: PCM > What is the output of: $ grep pcm ~/.xmms/config pcm_device=default It should say: pcm_device=channel12 Lee ---

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Rich Rosa
If I use software mixer control it works!! Thanks for all your help. On 1/20/06, Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 20:44 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote:> My XMMS settings are:> audio device: pcm:channel12> Mixer Card: M-Audio Delta 1010LT> Mixer Device: PCM>I have absolutely no i

Re: [Alsa-user] Ice1712 FC4 Kernel upgrade - dmix not working

2006-01-20 Thread Lee Revell
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 21:06 -0500, Rich Rosa wrote: > If I use software mixer control it works!! > > Thanks for all your help. That's very strange, where exactly is the configuration item in XMMS to do this and what exactly did you change? Lee