[Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-09 Thread chris hermansen
Hello; I recently acquired a Schiit Bifrost and have been attempting to achieve (what I would call) bit perfect performance with 16 and 24 bit music files at 44.1, 96 and 192K over the USB interface. I have tried using two physicaly different computers: an older Toshiba Satellite 100 laptop and

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-10 Thread chris hermansen
Daniel and list; I have made some progress but in the end I'm still missing something. Please see below... On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 10.09.2012 17:56, chris hermansen wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:26 AM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-11 Thread chris hermansen
freq = 48007 Hz (0x6.0038) then after re-start like this: Momentary freq = 44106 Hz (0x5.8368) -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-12 Thread chris hermansen
Daniel and list; A question and a comment at the end... On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: On 12.09.2012 02:37, chris hermansen wrote: The build and install appeared to work just fine, though it seems one ... Yes, it seems the feedback format detector still

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-12 Thread chris hermansen
More information, still not success... On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: I suggest using aplay for that kind of test. It's the simplest client I can think of, and the less logic you have in the chain the better. Ok, using aplay -L I seem to have a lot of

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-12 Thread chris hermansen
Daniel and list; An observation to add to those below... On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:39 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: More information, still not success... On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: I suggest using aplay for that kind of test

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-13 Thread chris hermansen
if you have any questions, we could try that approach. Meanwhile, I am waiting for a TOSLINK adaptor to arrive to see if that works better. -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Live

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-17 Thread chris hermansen
Another observation (maybe it's a data point or maybe it just adds to the confusion...) On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:40 AM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel and list; On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, then this approach does not work

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-09-19 Thread chris hermansen
Ok, a bit more information on this problem... On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Another observation (maybe it's a data point or maybe it just adds to the confusion...) On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:40 AM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Alsa-user] Running the generic alsa driver.

2012-09-24 Thread chris hermansen
. -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers

Re: [Alsa-user] Configuring ALSA and SCHIIT BIfrost for bit perfect

2012-10-12 Thread chris hermansen
Daniel and list; On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, a bit more information on this problem... On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Another observation (maybe it's a data point or maybe it just adds

[Alsa-user] creative audigy 2 zs notebook - bit perfect?

2012-11-21 Thread chris hermansen
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Re: [Alsa-user] creative audigy 2 zs notebook - bit perfect?

2012-11-22 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens, list: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Clemens Ladisch cladi...@googlemail.com wrote: chris hermansen wrote: I think I am getting the music resampled somewhere along the way. Check in /proc/asound/card2/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params what the actual rate is. It appears the rate may be ok

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2012-11-28 Thread chris hermansen
the same issues like your Schiit. Ok, if there's anything I can do let me know. I'm anxious to resolve this matter! -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Keep yourself connected to Go

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2012-12-11 Thread chris hermansen
and suggest some others that are. -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2012-12-11 Thread chris hermansen
which has just been released. I would like to try frobnicating my Ubuntu-based setup to see how my results jibe (or don't) with Thorsten's, but I am about 10.000km from my music server until 20 December. So I will just have to watch. -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de

[Alsa-user] audioquest dragonfly does not play 88.2 96 khz files properly under Ubuntu 12.10

2013-02-05 Thread chris hermansen
in 3.6 (I think). Perhaps I need a newer kernel...? Anyway; I can provide debugging output if useful. Thanks for any light anyone can shed. -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Free

Re: [Alsa-user] audioquest dragonfly does not play 88.2 96 khz files properly under Ubuntu 12.10

2013-02-06 Thread chris hermansen
Hi Daniel and list; Thanks for taking a look at this. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 06.02.2013 00:13, chris hermansen wrote: I wonder if any of you have any experience yet with the Audioquest Dragonfly, specifically under Ubuntu 12.10 which

Re: [Alsa-user] audioquest dragonfly does not play 88.2 96 khz files properly under Ubuntu 12.10

2013-02-06 Thread chris hermansen
Hello Daniel, list; Thanks for the reply and the ideas. I have some more information, please see below. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: On 06.02.2013 17:02, chris hermansen wrote: On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Daniel Mack zon...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [Alsa-user] audioquest dragonfly does not play 88.2 96 khz files properly under Ubuntu 12.10

2013-02-06 Thread chris hermansen
Hi Daniel and list; A bit more experimenting this afternoon, please see below. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:20 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Daniel, list; Thanks for the reply and the ideas. I have some more information, please see below. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:22

Re: [Alsa-user] audioquest dragonfly does not play 88.2 96 khz files properly under Ubuntu 12.10

2013-02-06 Thread chris hermansen
Hi Daniel and list; Still a bit more experimenting, please see below. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:34 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Daniel and list; A bit more experimenting this afternoon, please see below. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:20 PM, chris hermansen clherman

[Alsa-user] A question about reporting sound cards

2013-02-10 Thread chris hermansen
not clear to me what to file in that case. Do I report it under Schiit Bifrost or CMedia or both or...? Thanks! -- Chris Hermansen · clherman...@gmail.com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer

Re: [Alsa-user] A question about reporting sound cards

2013-02-10 Thread chris hermansen
Bill, list; On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Bill Unruh un...@physics.ubc.ca wrote: On Sun, 10 Feb 2013, chris hermansen wrote: Good people; I believe that I should report my sound card status on the Alsa sound cards page, but before I do that I have a few questions. My Audioquest

[Alsa-user] Asus XONAR DX + Ubuntu 12.10 + TOSLINK + Schiit Bifrost = great sound

2013-02-23 Thread chris hermansen
file /etc/pulse/client.conf I hope someone else finds this useful. One day I will play more with the USB connection on the Schiit but for now... -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-04 Thread chris hermansen
submission. I would be happy to test this on my Schiit Bifrost as well. I'm currently using the TOSLINK connection but it would be easy peasy to hook up a laptop via the USB. -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-04 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 11:30:03AM -0800, chris hermansen wrote: I would be happy to test this on my Schiit Bifrost as well. I'm currently using the TOSLINK connection but it would be easy peasy

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-05 Thread chris hermansen
Torsten and list; On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:44 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.comwrote: Torstein and list; On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 11:30:03AM -0800, chris hermansen wrote: I would be happy to test this on my

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-05 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:03 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Torsten and list; On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:44 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Torstein and list; On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-06 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein, list: On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 03:44:04PM -0800, chris hermansen wrote: On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:03 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:44 PM, chris hermansen clherman

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-08 Thread chris hermansen
Hello Torstein and list; On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 01:15:06PM -0800, chris hermansen wrote: Does this help? Kind of, but it doesn't bring me much closer to understanding why this happens. It would be nice if I could

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-08 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 08:23:54AM -0800, chris hermansen wrote: As to the outcome, I have two. The first is that the problem seems worse now - I get more songs going into staticky noisy mode

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-09 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 08:23:54AM -0800, chris hermansen wrote: As to the outcome, I have two. (blush) (blush) (blush) What an idiot I am! A new kernel snuck into the updates while I wasn't paying

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-12 Thread chris hermansen
the player handle the transition) ^C clh@temuko:~$ The lsusb -v is at http://paste.ubuntu.com/5607907/ What is my conclusion? That I was unable to make it misbehave after I turned off pulse audio... I will keep playing with it on and off over the next little while and report back. -- Chris

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-13 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 07:59:52AM -0700, chris hermansen wrote: Mar 12 07:13:34 temuko kernel: [ 1221.640038] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci Mar 12 07:13:34 temuko kernel

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-17 Thread chris hermansen
if there's more to do. Best to all -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-03-18 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Mar 18, 2013 12:52 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 07:36:01PM -0700, chris hermansen wrote: The kernel's compiled and I'm testing. Cutting to the chase, I can't seem to get it to misbehave any more. I'm a bit worried that you

Re: [Alsa-user] [alsa-devel] Audio-gd NFB-17.32 (VIA VT1731)

2013-03-25 Thread chris hermansen
of us have such a device? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-03 Thread chris hermansen
can be of assistance in the debugging, let me know. Chris Hermansen -- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-05 Thread chris hermansen
to recording from vinyl, you know that you need equalization (usually called RIAA equalization), not just more gain? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Minimize network downtime

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-06 Thread chris hermansen
you convert it to digital, and it sounds like it's not. Does you computer have both Alsa and Pulse Audio running? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Minimize network downtime

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-07 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens, Werner, list; On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Clemens Ladisch cladi...@googlemail.com wrote: chris hermansen wrote: [...] Based on the above, if I were going to rip some vinyl through this sound card, I would connect the phono pre-amp to the Aux jack. The Aux input goes through

Re: [Alsa-user] No recording from Xonar D2X

2013-04-08 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens, Werner, list; On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 10:13 AM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Clemens, Werner, list; On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Clemens Ladisch cladi...@googlemail.com wrote: [...] This is a good idea in general, but on the Xonars, the line input bypasses

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-04-08 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list; On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 12:56 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Torstein and list; On Mar 18, 2013 12:52 PM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 07:36:01PM -0700, chris hermansen wrote: The kernel's compiled and I'm testing

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-04-09 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein, list; On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 18:28:30 -0700, chris hermansen wrote: [..] Hmm that was a bit of a slip of the brain. Anyway, I'm actually back in the same general vicinity as the Bifrost and can do some more

Re: [Alsa-user] problem with new 1.0.25 build on Ubuntu Lucid

2013-04-09 Thread chris hermansen
dumb questions? Do you use pulse audio or bare-bones Alsa? If Alsa: - what happens when you do a sudo aplay -l? - what happens when you do a sudo aplay -L? - what do you see in /proc/asound? - do you see any errors in your system log file about audio? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-04-10 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list: Wait! this is still weird. Please see at bottom... On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:31 AM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Torstein, list: On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: [...] What does dmesg / /var/log/kern.log say when

Re: [Alsa-user] Status of CM6631 USB

2013-04-11 Thread chris hermansen
for stream0, correct behaviour) Fourth time: I halted the laptop, unplugged and replugged the Schiit, booted (only one altset, both output and capture, for stream0). I can try some repeatability testing on these if you like. -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Asus Xonar DX (AV200) dmix resampling

2013-05-16 Thread chris hermansen
apparent that DACs that take a little extra care in the analogue section tend to support 96/24 or higher anyway. For what it's worth! -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Asus Xonar DX (AV200) dmix resampling

2013-05-16 Thread chris hermansen
Weibe, Clemens, list: On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Wiebe Cazemier wi...@halfgaar.net wrote: From: chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com To: Wiebe Cazemier wi...@halfgaar.net Cc: Clemens Ladisch cladi...@googlemail.com, alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, 16 May, 2013 11:30

Re: [Alsa-user] Creative Recon3D (CA0132)

2013-05-20 Thread chris hermansen
no sound from any of the ports. Currently using Linux kernel 3.9 with the latest firmware. Michael, take a look in your alsamixer and make sure you do not have a loopback control enabled (I spent a few worthless hours debugging this problem on an Asus card a few months ago). Chris Hermansen

Re: [Alsa-user] teac UD-H01, bad 24 bit playback

2013-12-15 Thread chris hermansen
Rutger et all, On Dec 15, 2013 9:38 AM, Rutger Noot rutger.n...@laposte.net wrote: Hi, I have difficulties with the TEAC UD-H01 usb dac. Playback is fine in 16 bit mode (even at sample rates up to 192kHz), but in 24 bit mode there is an incredible amount of jitter (continuous clicking) at

Re: [Alsa-user] teac UD-H01, bad 24 bit playback

2013-12-17 Thread chris hermansen
that should be right based on your output of aplay -L) and there do an ls you should see a file called stream0. type cat stream0 and send what you get back to the list. -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] teac UD-H01, bad 24 bit playback

2013-12-22 Thread chris hermansen
Rutger and list, On Dec 20, 2013 12:38 PM, Rutger Noot rutger.n...@laposte.net wrote: Thanks! I mistakenly thought that the value of bcdUSB only reflected the maximal capability as read from the device. And in fact speed given in /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../speed also corresponds to usb 2.0.

Re: [Alsa-user] teac UD-H01, bad 24 bit playback

2013-12-26 Thread chris hermansen
(Bus Powered) -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how

Re: [Alsa-user] Arcam rpac, config help

2014-01-04 Thread chris hermansen
Vince and list On Jan 4, 2014 7:33 AM, Vince Ur vince...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am trying to make a usb DAC work onto my debian wheezy. The DAC is the ARCAM rpac. the DAC is TI5102. It's got an Xmos chip. Aadebug output below. ALSA Audio Debug v0.2.0 - Sat Jan 4 15:13:19 GMT 2014

Re: [Alsa-user] Arcam rpac, config help

2014-01-04 Thread chris hermansen
to make a 3.2 kernel work and try something around 3.11 or 3.12. If you are reluctant to find a newer pre-built kernel and don't want to build one yourself then I suggest you try Ubuntu 13.10 on a USB stick just to see if 3.11 works with your device. -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com

Re: [Alsa-user] Arcam rpac, config help

2014-01-06 Thread chris hermansen
Vince and list, On Jan 6, 2014 2:08 PM, Vince Ur vince...@gmail.com wrote: Ok I downloaded Ubuntu, I'll let you know as soon as i'll have done some testing. BTW my device used to work on ubuntu (12.10 I think) I removed pulseaudio and selected alsa output on gmusicbrowser. Lately it stopped

Re: [Alsa-user] Arcam rpac, config help

2014-01-10 Thread chris hermansen
Ups sorry I did not hit reply all. Vince and list, Here's aplay' output: + ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ aplay -D plughw:1,0 /media/ubuntu/debian/home/feddozz/Downloads/adios.wav Playing WAVE '/media/ubuntu/debian/home/feddozz/Downloads/adios.wav'

Re: [Alsa-user] Teac DAC, I've read someone can make it work fine via USB 16/2/44100, but NOT ME...

2014-01-24 Thread chris hermansen
on the USB-3 ports in the machine in question, I am OK with all of this. Can you try your DAC on some other machine? Can you install a different USB setup in your current machine? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] McIntosh D100 DAC

2014-04-04 Thread chris hermansen
for instance). As for pulseaudio, I don't need to remove it. I just make sure my default pulse device is the built-in sound card and I use either the A-Q or a XONAR-DX with the Bifrost via optical for music, and I set Guayadeque or mpd to work with the appropriate device. -- Chris Hermansen

Re: [Alsa-user] McIntosh D100 DAC

2014-04-05 Thread chris hermansen
B, list; On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:30 AM, BHdeC normandvik...@gmail.com wrote: chris hermansen clhermansen at gmail.com writes: BHdeC, list; On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:06 PM, BHdeC normandviking at gmail.com wrote:Jonas Kvinge linuxtv at closetothewind.net writes: Hi I got

Re: [Alsa-user] McIntosh D100 DAC

2014-04-05 Thread chris hermansen
B, list; On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 12:52 PM, BHdeC normandvik...@gmail.com wrote: chris hermansen clhermansen at gmail.com writes: B, list; On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:30 AM, BHdeC normandviking at gmail.com wrote: chris hermansen clhermansen at gmail.com writes: BHdeC, list

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread chris hermansen
interface? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate Development with Jenkins Continuous Integration Continuously Automate Build, Test Deployment

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread chris hermansen
Rita, list, On Apr 12, 2014 4:11 PM, Rita rmorgan...@gmail.com wrote: hi. kernel, 3.2.0-29-generic I have disabled Pulse. ps -ef | grep -i pulse does not show any processes. aplay -l gives me this List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC1200

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-12 Thread chris hermansen
helping me debug the CMEDIA USB interface that the Schiit uses and we were at a much later kernel than 3.2 Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread chris hermansen
Rita and list, On Apr 13, 2014 2:50 AM, Rita rmorgan...@gmail.com wrote: I can confirm for Ubuntu 13.10 Schitt Modi USB Dac works. That is great news, thanks for letting us know. -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread chris hermansen
Rita and list, On Apr 13, 2014 3:04 AM, Rita rmorgan...@gmail.com wrote: It seems every few minutes when I am surfing the web the sound goes from Schitt to PC and then goes back to Scitt. How can I avoid this? This doesn't seem correct. Can you determine the specific behaviour that triggers

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-13 Thread chris hermansen
ever decide to buy a Loki to go with your Modi... -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate Development with Jenkins Continuous Integration

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-18 Thread chris hermansen
should not be running anything else that you expect to use sound (ie test one thing at a time) - you should not have anything else hooked up to your usb ports -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-18 Thread chris hermansen
. Can you connect a different keyboard? Do you use an external hub? Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book Graph Databases

Re: [Alsa-user] Schiit USB audio dac

2014-04-19 Thread chris hermansen
! Whatever you learn, please consider writing about your findings back on this list so that others can learn from your experience! Good luck -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem getting sound from USB card

2014-04-28 Thread chris hermansen
(3.2) did not work well for me through my C-Media USB device (a Schiit Bifrost). Maybe you should try a live cd version, say Ubuntu 14.04, with a much newer kernel. -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem getting sound from USB card

2014-04-28 Thread chris hermansen
A list, On Apr 28, 2014 7:51 PM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote: On 04/28/2014 05:04 PM, chris hermansen wrote: A list; On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:49 AM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote: Hello, I'm having trouble getting any sound from browsers - chrome firefox (hulu, youtube

Re: [Alsa-user] Problem getting sound from USB card

2014-04-28 Thread chris hermansen
A list, On Apr 28, 2014 8:03 PM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote: On 04/28/2014 07:47 PM, A wrote: On 04/28/2014 05:04 PM, chris hermansen wrote: A list; On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:49 AM, A publicf...@bak.rr.com wrote: Hello, I'm having trouble getting any sound from browsers

Re: [Alsa-user] ASUS Xonar Essence STX/low impedance (16-32 ohm) headphones support

2014-04-29 Thread chris hermansen
Maybe this is getting off topic for this list... But anyway... On Apr 29, 2014 1:34 PM, Balduin Waldmeister detle...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you for your replies. Maybe this concerns more the ALSA developers. Yes, the STX drives all kinds of headphones and most of them very well but it

Re: [Alsa-user] ASUS Xonar Essence STX/low impedance (16-32 ohm) headphones support

2014-04-30 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens and list, On Apr 30, 2014 12:07 AM, Clemens Ladisch cladi...@googlemail.com wrote: Bill Unruh wrote: On 29/04/14 15:52, Balduin Waldmeister wrote: So my question is whether it's possible to add the low impedance support (16 - 32 ohm) to ALSA for use with the old STX? Currently it

[Alsa-user] usb-audio:2: clock source 19 is not valid, cannot use

2014-06-03 Thread chris hermansen
fixing, and if so offer some suggestions on how I might go about this. The alsa-info.sh is at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=f8b4a9c6a4280a0d8b6d5237989f77e93fb82afc -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler

Re: [Alsa-user] usb-audio:2: clock source 19 is not valid, cannot use

2014-06-03 Thread chris hermansen
Daniel and list; On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Daniel Mack dan...@zonque.org wrote: Hi Chris, On 06/03/2014 07:26 PM, chris hermansen wrote: My ongoing attempts to have a happy Schiit Bifrost have hit a new speed-bump. I am hoping for some enlightment and possibly ideas on how

Re: [Alsa-user] usb-audio:2: clock source 19 is not valid, cannot use

2014-06-04 Thread chris hermansen
and Momentary freq = 44100 Hz? No, I goofed. Sorry! On 04. 06. 2014 02:02, chris hermansen wrote: At this point, I can't seem to link things up. When I play music, e.g. some 44.1kHz/16bit music, and I I wrote the above text. Then I poked around some more, with some different files. Then I

Re: [Alsa-user] usb-audio:2: clock source 19 is not valid, cannot use

2014-06-04 Thread chris hermansen
Torstein and list, On Jun 4, 2014 1:33 AM, Torstein Hegge he...@resisty.net wrote: Hi, I think you have more or less answered your own question, but: On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 17:02:30 -0700, chris hermansen wrote: On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Daniel Mack dan...@zonque.org wrote

Re: [Alsa-user] AudioQuest DragonFly v1.0 DAC

2014-08-03 Thread chris hermansen
Adam, list; On Aug 2, 2014 11:13 PM, Adam Khan trins...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm trying to get an AudioQuest DragonFly v1.0 DAC to work from mplayer2 with ALSA. uname -srv Linux 3.14-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.14.13-2 (2014-07-24) dmesg after plugging in the device: [85853.148104] usb

Re: [Alsa-user] AudioQuest DragonFly v1.0 DAC

2014-08-04 Thread chris hermansen
Hi Adam and list, On Aug 3, 2014 11:11 PM, Adam Khan trins...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:59:18 -0700 chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Adam, list; On Aug 2, 2014 11:13 PM, Adam Khan trins...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm trying to get an AudioQuest

Re: [Alsa-user] AudioQuest DragonFly v1.0 DAC

2014-08-04 Thread chris hermansen
Hi Adam, list, My info way below... On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:45 PM, chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Adam and list, On Aug 3, 2014 11:11 PM, Adam Khan trins...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:59:18 -0700 chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com wrote: Adam

Re: [Alsa-user] AudioQuest DragonFly v1.0 DAC

2014-08-04 Thread chris hermansen
Adam, list On Aug 4, 2014 2:42 PM, Adam Khan trins...@gmail.com wrote: My current, broken kernel: uname -srv Linux 3.14-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.14.13-2 (2014-07-24) Working kernel: uname -a Linux avignon 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64

Re: [Alsa-user] Errors in ALSA configure make commands

2014-08-27 Thread chris hermansen
Clemens and list, On Aug 27, 2014 11:25 AM, Clemens Ladisch cladi...@googlemail.com wrote: [stuff deleted] *Confidentiality Notice*: This message [...] This e-mail contains public information intended for any subscriber of this mailing list and for anybody else who bothers to read it; it

Re: [Alsa-user] Tinycore and Haswell produce only chopped noise

2014-08-29 Thread chris hermansen
Robert and list, On Aug 29, 2014 10:08 PM, Robert M. Riches Jr. rm.ric...@jacob21819.net wrote: Trying to get sound working on TinyCore 5, 64-bit kernel, 32-bit userspace with a Haswell i5-4690 CPU and an Asus H97M-Plus motherboard. My primary need is at least one channel of audio output

Re: [Alsa-user] Using hw device in presence of PulseAudio

2014-09-09 Thread chris hermansen
Sergei, Paul, list... On Sep 9, 2014 11:01 AM, Sergei Steshenko steshenko_ser...@list.ru wrote: What you want is impossible in principle, regardless of PulseAudio specifically (i.e my statement applies to any kind of sound server with similar functionality) and ALSA speicifically (i.e my

Re: [Alsa-user] Asus Xonar DX and DSX

2014-10-28 Thread chris hermansen
Marek and list, On Oct 28, 2014 2:00 PM, Marek Kowalski marek500...@o2.pl wrote: I found in docs of Xonar DX and DSX that even though it's not marketed, these cards have headphone amplifier. And they have older drivers than DGX, so one simple question: does ALSA support both headphone amplifier

Re: [Alsa-user] Asus Xonar DX and DSX

2014-10-30 Thread chris hermansen
Marek and list; On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Marek Kowalski marek500...@o2.pl wrote: Dnia 28 października 2014 23:22 chris hermansen napisał(a): I have a DX in my Dell running Ubuntu 14.04. I also have a few different pairs of headphones including AKG 701s, Grado 80s and Etymotic

Re: [Alsa-user] details on CM6631A support needed

2014-12-29 Thread chris hermansen
in asynchronous mode 2) see comment above and 3) no idea. Or, perhaps another Schiit owner with more modern gear can help you out? -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen at gmail dot com C'est ma façon de parler. -- Dive

Re: [Alsa-user] details on CM6631A support needed

2014-12-29 Thread chris hermansen
Sergei and list, On Dec 29, 2014 8:24 PM, Sergei Steshenko steshenko_ser...@list.ru wrote: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:25:14 -0800 от chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com : Sergei and list, On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Sergei Steshenko steshenko_ser...@list.ru wrote: Hello All, first

Re: [Alsa-user] details on CM6631A support needed

2014-12-29 Thread chris hermansen
Sergei and list, On Dec 29, 2014 9:11 PM, Sergei Steshenko steshenko_ser...@list.ru wrote: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:55:55 -0800 от chris hermansen clherman...@gmail.com : Sergei and list, [snip] Ok, there is actually no detectable output from that command. With -v I just get version info

Re: [Alsa-user] No sound - Debian GNU/Linux 7 - Desktop

2015-04-03 Thread chris hermansen
José and list, Regards, Chris Hermansen On Apr 3, 2015 09:01, José Luis Artuch art...@speedy.com.ar wrote: Hi Chris, El vie, 03-04-2015 a las 08:40 -0700, chris hermansen escribió: José and list, On Apr 3, 2015 08:32, José Luis Artuch art...@speedy.com.ar wrote: Hi, Also

Re: [Alsa-user] No sound - Debian GNU/Linux 7 - Desktop - SOLVED

2015-04-03 Thread chris hermansen
José Luis and list, On Apr 3, 2015 14:54, José Luis Artuch art...@speedy.com.ar wrote: Chris, With kernel 3.16 the audio is ok !!! ... ufff :) No other changes are needed and I did not try with other kernel. Thank you very much for your help !! José Luis Great news! I am glad I could help.

Re: [Alsa-user] No sound - Debian GNU/Linux 7 - Desktop

2015-04-03 Thread chris hermansen
José and list, On Apr 3, 2015 08:32, José Luis Artuch art...@speedy.com.ar wrote: Hi, Also tried: options snd-hda-intel model=Generic options snd-hda-intel model=SB options snd-hda-intel model=auto options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=auto id=Generic options snd-hda-intel index=1

Re: [Alsa-user] Aplay Problem

2015-05-21 Thread chris hermansen
Bill and list, On May 21, 2015 03:01, Bill Vance s...@xpresso.seaslug.org wrote: On Wed, 20 May 2015, chris hermansen wrote: Bill and list On May 20, 2015 05:18, Bill Vance s...@xpresso.seaslug.org wrote: I'm running an MSI 64 bit motherboard, with an intel quad

Re: [Alsa-user] Aplay Problem

2015-05-20 Thread chris hermansen
Bill and list On May 20, 2015 05:18, Bill Vance s...@xpresso.seaslug.org wrote: I'm running an MSI 64 bit motherboard, with an intel quad pricessor, kubuntu 12.04, and using the on board sound system. One thing you might want to try is a more up to date distro on a USB stick. Like kubuntu

Re: [Alsa-user] starters help (help!)

2015-08-16 Thread chris hermansen
When you issue the command sudo aplay -L In the terminal, do you see your card in the list? Regards, Chris Hermansen On Aug 16, 2015 11:17, F. Dols f.j.h.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I need some starting pointers for the following. A. I use Mint 17.1 and bought the Indigodjx soundcard

Re: [Alsa-user] aplay rate - what is it for ?

2015-10-08 Thread chris hermansen
Ran and list, On Oct 8, 2015 09:29, "Ran Shalit" wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't understand why rate is required when we play PCM file. > The sample rate is already encoded in file header, so why would aplay > need this parameter ? > > Thanks, > Ran Did you read the man page?

Re: [Alsa-user] Fedora 23 x86_64; Pulseaudio removed; playing from multiple sources serially

2015-09-26 Thread chris hermansen
Phil and list, On Sep 26, 2015 03:21, "Philip Rhoades" wrote: > > People, > > Years ago when I needed to simplify things to solve audio hardware > problems, I had to remove PA - and for every new version ever since I > have automatically uninstalled it to continue to keep

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