[newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers
I have installed ML 8.0, 8.1 and now 8.2 on my Gateway Pentium III. On 8.0 and 8.1, I could not get satisfactory sound from the Gateway OEM version of the SoundBlaster Live Value card that came with the machine. I have the Boston Acoustic Digital speaker set, but the default installation of ALSA 0.5.10(?) sets the master output of the card to analog signal. I have confirmed this with an old pair of speakers. ML 8.2 sets up sound much more reliably than the previous versions -- I even get sound now from my Hauppauge TV card, but the output is still analog. Does anyone know of an option that will turn on digital signal output to the Main output of the SoundBlaster Live Value card? I have asked this question of the ALSA mailing list, but have yet to receive a reply. Thanks for your help. Jim Gentry Charleston, SC Very pleased with ML 8.2, so far. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers
*gack!* Digital output? I'd verify a sneaky suspicion I have. Dell sent out Live cards too... With a caveat, they had engineered them somehow so they weren't normal LIVE cards anymore! They lacked certain features. Check gateways site or newsgroups archives for an answer? Femme Jim Gentry wrote: I have installed ML 8.0, 8.1 and now 8.2 on my Gateway Pentium III. On 8.0 and 8.1, I could not get satisfactory sound from the Gateway OEM version of the SoundBlaster Live Value card that came with the machine. I have the Boston Acoustic Digital speaker set, but the default installation of ALSA 0.5.10(?) sets the master output of the card to analog signal. I have confirmed this with an old pair of speakers. ML 8.2 sets up sound much more reliably than the previous versions -- I even get sound now from my Hauppauge TV card, but the output is still analog. Does anyone know of an option that will turn on digital signal output to the Main output of the SoundBlaster Live Value card? I have asked this question of the ALSA mailing list, but have yet to receive a reply. Thanks for your help. Jim Gentry Charleston, SC Very pleased with ML 8.2, so far. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers
Actually some of the Value cards did (do?) not have Digital I/O by design. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of FemmeFatale |Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 5:55 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers | | |*gack!* Digital output? I'd verify a sneaky suspicion I |have. Dell sent out Live cards too... With a caveat, they had |engineered them somehow so they weren't normal LIVE cards anymore! | |They lacked certain features. | |Check gateways site or newsgroups archives for an answer? | |Femme | |Jim Gentry wrote: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers
FemmeFatale wrote: *gack!* Digital output? I'd verify a sneaky suspicion I have. Dell sent out Live cards too... With a caveat, they had engineered them somehow so they weren't normal LIVE cards anymore! They lacked certain features. Check gateways site or newsgroups archives for an answer? Femme Jim Gentry wrote: I have installed ML 8.0, 8.1 and now 8.2 on my Gateway Pentium III. On 8.0 and 8.1, I could not get satisfactory sound from the Gateway OEM version of the SoundBlaster Live Value card that came with the machine. I have the Boston Acoustic Digital speaker set, but the default installation of ALSA 0.5.10(?) sets the master output of the card to analog signal. I have confirmed this with an old pair of speakers. ML 8.2 sets up sound much more reliably than the previous versions -- I even get sound now from my Hauppauge TV card, but the output is still analog. Does anyone know of an option that will turn on digital signal output to the Main output of the SoundBlaster Live Value card? I have asked this question of the ALSA mailing list, but have yet to receive a reply. Thanks for your help. Jim Gentry Charleston, SC Very pleased with ML 8.2, so far. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Thanks, Femme, unfortunately I've already been there. The SB Live card produces digital output in Windows and there is a software control panel with a selection button to enable/disable digital output on the Main (green)output jack. The Rear channel output (black) is always analog and also works in Linux. My BA Digital speakers sound great and I really would love to use them in Linux as well as Windows... Gateway support is (less than?) useless. You even breathe the word Linux and the techdroid goes catatonic. We do not support Linux. (click) I expect you're right about Gateway re-engineering the card to save a few pennies on a connector. BUT the switch is there; Windows can access it, why not Linux? Thanks for the response... Jim Gentry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers
Digital output on the SBLive cards does NOT come from the Green output jack. Rather from the YELLOW sub-miniture jack normally used for the Center Channel/Subwoofer, if your card supports this. The card must be set in software to support digital I/O Check the specs (I have). The green jack is analog only AFAIK. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jim Gentry |Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:00 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.2, SB Live Digital Speakers | | |FemmeFatale wrote: | |*gack!* Digital output? I'd verify a sneaky suspicion I have. Dell |sent out Live cards too... With a caveat, they had engineered them |somehow so they weren't normal LIVE cards anymore! | |They lacked certain features. | |Check gateways site or newsgroups archives for an answer? | |Femme | |Jim Gentry wrote: | |I have installed ML 8.0, 8.1 and now 8.2 on my Gateway Pentium III. |On 8.0 and 8.1, I could not get satisfactory sound from the Gateway |OEM version of the SoundBlaster Live Value card that came with the |machine. I have the Boston Acoustic Digital speaker set, but the |default installation of ALSA 0.5.10(?) sets the master output of the |card to analog signal. I have confirmed this with an old pair of |speakers. ML 8.2 sets up sound much more reliably than the previous |versions -- I even get sound now from my Hauppauge TV card, but the |output is still analog. | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
