16 Feb
2009
16 Feb
'09
7:03 a.m.
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:45:58 -0700
"Bearcat M. Şandor" <hometheater(a)feline-soul.com> wrote:
in my asound.conf i added a pcm.dmixer and added these
options:
rate 96000
channels 6
Then i added a pcm.!default pcm.dmixer line.
Now they play! What's even better is that i actually seems to be
*upsampling*! Regular old 16/44.1 flac files have a lot more detail.
Listening to them with the dmixer set up that way i can hear
performers breathing. It's not a subtle difference. I asked my
partner to come into the room and listen (with out telling her what i
was switching off/on and she said "Wow! That one sounds so much more
alive!" This is something that is normally reserved for
multi-thousand dollar cd players and i'm doing it for nothing! I love
you Alsa!
My avi movie files loose sound when i have the pcm.dmixer on, but big
deal. i can just uncomment that default line and save the file. I've
got the file open via screen+emacs so no big deal.
Glad it works for you.
But: Upsampling can't make it better(=closer to the original), you
can't magically get stuff that's not there (even if companies like
creative claim so).
If it sound better now than before something was wrong before or you
like some resampling artifacts ;)
Best regards
Philipp