7 Feb
2005
7 Feb
'05
5:04 p.m.
First, I want to appologize for starting a new thread. I receive list
posts in "digest-mode" and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to
reply to an individual message to continue a thread. Instructions on
how to do this would be appreciated. (I also appologize if my attempts
lead to multiple posts of this content!...moderators feel free to
restructure/delete as needed.)
Now back to it:
Thanks for the pointers, Shayne, Lee.
I am still unable to get more than 2 capture channels. I've set the
"interface", "input device", & "output device" as
described by Shayne.
I also renamed my .asoundrc file to .asoundrc.bak (this will prevent it
from being used, right?). This configuration gives me 2 capture and 16
playback channels. Further, it only works if I set the number of input
channels to 0 or 2 and the number of output channels to 0 or 16.
Otherwise, I get an error: ALSA cannot set channel count to X for
capture/playback.... Now, I have also just updated qjackctl to 0.2.15
and am getting the same behavior. BTW, I am only trying to use Audio
channels, no MIDI.
Any other ideas? Is this still an issue with the driver or my
configuration? I ask because the configuration seems so
straightforward. BTW, I am using ALSA-1.0.8 patched with Lee's
multichannel-v008 patch and jack is recent from cvs (0.99.49).
Another question: What output connectors/jacks do all 16 output channels
map to on my card/external connector box? I have experimented and it
seems that playback_11-_16 are unused for me. Is this correct? The
first 10 are mixed between analog/digital outputs. However, there is a
unique set of 6 specific playback channels that give me 6 analog output
streams that I can use for 5.1 sound, which is what I want.
Thanks guys.
-Rick
7 Feb
7 Feb
5:14 p.m.
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:06, Rick Wright wrote:
First, I want to appologize for starting a new thread.
I receive list
posts in "digest-mode" and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to
reply to an individual message to continue a thread. Instructions on
how to do this would be appreciated. (I also appologize if my attempts
lead to multiple posts of this content!...moderators feel free to
restructure/delete as needed.)
Are you running Linux?
I seem to remember some program in Linux that you can use to split the
digests into separate messages, but for the life of me, I can't remember
the name.
Google might find what you need.
--
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5:30 p.m.
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:06 -0500, Rick Wright wrote:
I am still unable to get more than 2 capture channels.
I've set the
"interface", "input device", & "output device" as
described by Shayne.
I also renamed my .asoundrc file to .asoundrc.bak (this will prevent it
from being used, right?). This configuration gives me 2 capture and 16
playback channels. Further, it only works if I set the number of input
channels to 0 or 2 and the number of output channels to 0 or 16.
Otherwise, I get an error: ALSA cannot set channel count to X for
capture/playback.... Now, I have also just updated qjackctl to 0.2.15
and am getting the same behavior. BTW, I am only trying to use Audio
channels, no MIDI.
Probably you have the "EFX Voices Mask" control set to only capture two
channels, which was the previous default. With a new ALSA the hw:0,2
device captures 16 channels by default. But, if your old mixer state is
getting restored every time you install the new ALSA, then it's possible
the change would not take effect.
Try removing your asound.state (it should be in /etc or maybe somewere
under /var), then installing the new ALSA modules. Also version 008 is
not recommended because there are serious bugs.
Another question: What output connectors/jacks do all
16 output channels
map to on my card/external connector box? I have experimented and it
seems that playback_11-_16 are unused for me. Is this correct? The
first 10 are mixed between analog/digital outputs. However, there is a
unique set of 6 specific playback channels that give me 6 analog output
streams that I can use for 5.1 sound, which is what I want.
Yes, that sounds about right. Not all 16 channels corresound to
physical outputs.
Lee
9 p.m.
Lee Revell wrote:
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 16:06 -0500, Rick Wright wrote:
I can confirm I am getting the *exact* same problem now - although, I
don't know why this is only giving me 2 capture ports all of a sudden -
up until I applied the 009 patch, i was seeing 16 capture ports in
qjackctl ...
I am still unable to get more than 2 capture
channels. I've set the
"interface", "input device", & "output device" as
described by Shayne.
I also renamed my .asoundrc file to .asoundrc.bak (this will prevent it
from being used, right?). This configuration gives me 2 capture and 16
playback channels. Further, it only works if I set the number of input
channels to 0 or 2 and the number of output channels to 0 or 16.
Otherwise, I get an error: ALSA cannot set channel count to X for
capture/playback.... Now, I have also just updated qjackctl to 0.2.15
and am getting the same behavior. BTW, I am only trying to use Audio
channels, no MIDI.
Probably you have the "EFX Voices Mask"
control set to only capture two
channels, which was the previous default. With a new ALSA the hw:0,2
device captures 16 channels by default. But, if your old mixer state is
getting restored every time you install the new ALSA, then it's possible
the change would not take effect.
Try removing your asound.state (it should be in /etc or maybe somewere
under /var), then installing the new ALSA modules. Also version 008 is
not recommended because there are serious bugs.
I did this (even though my asound.state file should have had the proper
setting I think), but still no cigar ...
I'm not too worried about this at the moment (not doing any simultaneoud
recording of inputs ... yet), but just thought I'd mention as it seems a
bit strange.
Shayne
11:01 p.m.
Em Seg 07 Fev 2005 23:12, Shayne O'Connor escreveu:
I can confirm I am getting the *exact* same problem
now - although, I
don't know why this is only giving me 2 capture ports all of a sudden -
up until I applied the 009 patch, i was seeing 16 capture ports in
qjackctl ...
May be because this:
"- The multiple input capture feature described above was merged into
ALSA CVS, so this is no longer included in the patch. If you only need
the multichannel capture feature and not the playback, you can just use
ALSA CVS. I can't be certain of the mappings from inputs to JACK ports
on every possible card model, though it should be similar to the kX
driver. If in doubt, you can use meterbridge to monitor all 16 capture
channels."
André Magoo
8 Feb
8 Feb
12:24 a.m.
André Alves Pereira wrote:
Em Seg 07 Fev 2005 23:12, Shayne O'Connor
escreveu:
ok, i downloaded the latest cvs alsa-driver package, and tried applying
the 009 patch, this being what happened:
[mrmachine@localhost alsa-driver]$ patch -p1 <
../emu10k1-multichannel-v009.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 8
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|Index: alsa-old/alsa-kernel/include/emu10k1.h
|===================================================================
|RCS file: /cvsroot/alsa/alsa-kernel/include/emu10k1.h,v
|retrieving revision 1.54
|diff -u -r1.54 emu10k1.h
|--- alsa-old/alsa-kernel/include/emu10k1.h 2 Feb 2005 11:52:45
-0000 1.54
|+++ alsa-old/alsa-kernel/include/emu10k1.h 3 Feb 2005 17:58:53 -0000
--------------------------
File to patch:
hmmmm .... me know nothing from this moment in :(
so, the way i understand it, the multi-channel capture component of
lee's patch should be part of the alsa cvs package ... and the 009 patch
adds the multi-channel playback ...
is the way i did it above how you're actually supposed to apply the patch?
i don't know ... i might just go back to the version 008 patch, as that
was working quite well for me ... well, good enough :)
shayne
I can confirm I am getting the *exact* same
problem now - although, I
don't know why this is only giving me 2 capture ports all of a sudden -
up until I applied the 009 patch, i was seeing 16 capture ports in
qjackctl ...
May be because this:
"- The multiple input capture feature described above was merged into
ALSA CVS, so this is no longer included in the patch. If you only need
the multichannel capture feature and not the playback, you can just use
ALSA CVS. I can't be certain of the mappings from inputs to JACK ports
on every possible card model, though it should be similar to the kX
driver. If in doubt, you can use meterbridge to monitor all 16 capture
channels."
André Magoo
12:49 a.m.
>May be because this:
>
>"- The multiple input capture feature described above was merged into
>ALSA CVS, so this is no longer included in the patch. If you only need
>the multichannel capture feature and not the playback, you can just use
>ALSA CVS.
>
would it be possible for an 009 patch to be published that also
incorporates the multi-channel capture feature - at least until the
capture moves out of cvs?
shayne
5:16 a.m.
On Tuesday 08 February 2005 02:12, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
Lee Revell wrote:
You don't need to delete your asound.state. Just edit it with your favourite
editor and check where the settings of EFX Voices Mask are. You can find them
easily as this has ca. 32 lines with true or false (mostly false before your
editing). Change all these into true and voila!
One thing to remember: While editing this file, alsa shouldn't be loaded...
Example:
/etc/init.d/alsasound stop
vim /etc/asound.state
/etc/init.d/alsasound start
Perhaps this helps...
Arnold
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Probably you have the "EFX Voices Mask"
control set to only capture two
channels, which was the previous default. With a new ALSA the hw:0,2
device captures 16 channels by default. But, if your old mixer state is
getting restored every time you install the new ALSA, then it's possible
the change would not take effect.
Try removing your asound.state (it should be in /etc or maybe somewere
under /var), then installing the new ALSA modules. Also version 008 is
not recommended because there are serious bugs.
I did this (even though my
asound.state file should have had the proper
setting I think), but still no cigar ...
5:34 p.m.
On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 10:16 +0100, Arnold Krille wrote:
You don't need to delete your asound.state. Just
edit it with your favourite
editor and check where the settings of EFX Voices Mask are. You can find them
easily as this has ca. 32 lines with true or false (mostly false before your
editing). Change all these into true and voila!
You actually don't want them all to be true. For the emu10k1 you want
the last 16 (of 32) to be true. For Audigy you want 32-48 (of 64) to be
true.
I will be adding a mixer control to set these in logical groups. I knew
someone would have this problem eventually...
Lee
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