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armagedon51

Multi speakers support

Post by armagedon51 »

I have a plain old sb audigy 2 and the sound is working fine, at least for the front speakers. Not an expert in Linux but I haven't found a control somewhere to setup the speakers. The SB support 6 speakers but only the front ones are working. I'm not using a digital connection.
Is this supported in Mint ? I want to watch dvd in ac3 mode but there is no sound coming from the back speakers.
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lagagnon

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by lagagnon »

Find yourself an mp3 file that has 5.1 sound or go here: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/354351/ac ... ound_test/
Then open a terminal, type "alsamixer" and adjust channels until you get everything right.
armagedon51

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by armagedon51 »

lagagnon wrote:Find yourself an mp3 file that has 5.1 sound or go here: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/354351/ac ... ound_test/
Then open a terminal, type "alsamixer" and adjust channels until you get everything right.
Gee I didn't know that an mp3 can support AC3 ! Anyway I have a few movies files with AC3 and I can't heard anything from the back speakers (using VLC) Since I have a dual boot, Windows/Linux, those movies works fine in Windows.
I look at the ridiculous amount of sound volume sliders in Linux and set all of them to full blast with no go. I'm surprised that Linux does not provide a speakers setup facility to test everything. I'm even wondering if multi-speakers analog setup is even supported. That's a serious drawback for watching movies.

P.S. That's a fun web site you provide. However I think it's for digital output since in Windows, I get sound from the back but they don't correspond to the speakers tested. Even the front speakers don't match either.
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hoe

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by hoe »

I went to Menu>Sound&Video>PulseAudio Volume Control to get my USB speakers to work ... not sure about your speakers ...

Wayne
armagedon51

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by armagedon51 »

hoe wrote:I went to Menu>Sound&Video>PulseAudio Volume Control to get my USB speakers to work ... not sure about your speakers ...

Wayne
My speakers are not usb but do you get 5 channels output ?
I'm wondering if an AC3 library is required/missing in Mint ?
lagagnon

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by lagagnon »

armagedon51 wrote:I'm wondering if an AC3 library is required/missing in Mint ?
No, I get 6 channel sound just fine here with a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 card.
Show us the output from your system with this command:

aplay -l
armagedon51

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by armagedon51 »

lagagnon wrote:
armagedon51 wrote:I'm wondering if an AC3 library is required/missing in Mint ?
No, I get 6 channel sound just fine here with a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 card.
Show us the output from your system with this command:

aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Audigy [Audigy 1 [SB0090]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
Subdevices: 32/32
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
card 0: Audigy [Audigy 1 [SB0090]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: Audigy [Audigy 1 [SB0090]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
armagedon51

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by armagedon51 »

Ok I guess I'm going to die with this one ... :mrgreen:
lagagnon

Re: Multi speakers support

Post by lagagnon »

All the alsa devices look good. Go back into alsamixer and make sure you unmute the "Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack" and try that. It is the only thing I can think of- that card should just work.
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