[linux-audio-user] SB Live 24bit

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 01:01 +0100, tommy wrote:
> So, This day i managed to give my sb live 24bit back and
> get an audigy 2 ZS.
> 
> however, there seems to be some problems with 5.1 audio output.
> when using mplayer with -channels 4 i get desired audio autput thru ALL 5
> speakers of my card ???, and, for maximum confusing, when using -channels 6
> i also get output thru all speakers, BUT some channels are missing ?!?
> namely the channels, on which spoken text is outputted (in kill bill). 
> so i can hear
> surround-music, but i CAN't hear the people talk ...
> i think taht has something todo with the card being a 7.1 card and upmixing
> the stuff to 7.1 ?
> 
> i've tried virtually all settings possible in alsamixer for some hours, 
> and also
> googled a lot, but i cant find anything ;(
> 

Interesting, it should work.  Please post your report to alsa-user at
lists.sourceforge.net.  If you don't get a response then file an ALSA
bug report.  Almost all ALSA development happens via the bug tracker
these days, so you should get a resolution this way.

Lee