[Alsa-user] alsa setup/usage problem

2007-12-19 Thread Uttam Pawar
Hi All, I don't know if this is the right list to ask a user level question about getting audio from my laptop. I've a toshiba A215-S7413 laptop with realtek audio atleast that's what Toshiba website says in spec of this laptop. I'm going in rounds in making this card work with my linux distrib

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Jeremy Mordkoff
> > I haven't reset/resync'd the receiver at all, but when I switch to > decoded audio the receiver displays 'PCM' instead of 'DTS', so it is > detecting the change. I would not be surprised if 'DTS' means AC3 and 'PCM' means anything else (isn't PCM headerless?). Is mplayer transcoding to PCM?

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Jeremy Mordkoff
> Interestingly, when I use mplayer to decode my DTS test file and play > via SPDIF, it comes out distorted. If I tell mplayer to use DTS > passthrough on the same file, it sounds perfect. What is mplayer transcoding/decoding the audio to? Is it still trying to use the HW decoder to play a file th

[Alsa-user] Asus Lamborghini VX2 breakage with ALSA 1.0.15

2007-12-19 Thread Arve Knudsen
Hello After reinstalling Gutsy on my Asus VX2 laptop I found to my great frustration that the sound was dead. I proceeded to install the latest ALSA from source, but it didn't help. After reading various howtos however I found I could play with the module's "model" parameter. Based on the ALSA doc

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Paolo Saggese
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 12:03, you wrote: > I tried using 'plughw' but mplayer tells me it can't find the plughw > lib: > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm.c:2105:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Cannot open shared > library /usr/lib64/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_plughw.so mmmh... do you have a 64bit

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Tom Lanyon
On 19/12/2007, at 9:41 PM, Brian L Scipioni wrote: > Is your receiver's DTS indicator light still lit after you decode with > MPlayer? > > Do you reset (re-synch) your receiver after changing the format coming > across your SPDIF? I haven't reset/resync'd the receiver at all, but when I switch t

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Brian L Scipioni
Is your receiver's DTS indicator light still lit after you decode with MPlayer? Do you reset (re-synch) your receiver after changing the format coming across your SPDIF? On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:34 +0100, Paolo Saggese wrote: > On Wednesday 19 December 2007 03:00, Tom Lanyon wrote: > > > Inter

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Tom Lanyon
On 19/12/2007, at 9:04 PM, Paolo Saggese wrote: > that's really strange... :-/ > > mmh... not really. :-( > > The only other things that I may suggest is to try playing > trough different devices, i.e. try hw and plughw, as well > as to try using "iecset" to see what's your card settings. > > Perha

Re: [Alsa-user] Distortion via SPDIF

2007-12-19 Thread Paolo Saggese
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 03:00, Tom Lanyon wrote: > Interestingly, when I use mplayer to decode my DTS test file and play > via SPDIF, it comes out distorted. If I tell mplayer to use DTS > passthrough on the same file, it sounds perfect. > > I tested playing the same files as decoded PC