[SOLVED] Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

On 30/04/24 at 14:07, Alexandre Rossi wrote: Hi, Basically I've the same issue described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180389/speaker-test-returns-all-6-channels-to-front-speakers The speaker-test program is provided by the alsa-utils package. I'm using Debian 12 Bookworm, I've no

Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

Hi Alexandre, On 07/05/24 at 11:56, Alexandre Rossi wrote: My hypothesis: speaker-test outputs directly to ALSA (kernel) but ALSA redirects to pulseaudio (the 99-pulse.conf file) and pulseaudio Output profile is stereo. Therefore, pulseaudio downmixes 5.1 to stereo. That would explain why only

Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

Hi, > > My understanding is that pulseaudio uses alsa for kernel interface and > > that speaker-test uses alsa directly. So if one cannot get speaker-test > > to sound right, it cannot work with pulseaudio. That why I suggest > > workarounds > > in alsa conf (asoundrc). > > I tried several

Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

On 02/05/24 at 09:10, Alexandre Rossi wrote: What's bothering me is that you get sound from multiple speakers while instructing out on only one. The usual issues of these setups with surround analog out are: - channel mapping issues (driver/hardware mismatch) - software downmixing to stereo

Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

Hi, > > > The issue is that speaker-test doesn't play sound to the correct speaker. > > > If > > > I run: > > > > > > ~$ speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -s3 -f75 > > > > > > The sound comes from (Center), (Front right), (Rear left) and (Rear right) > > > speakers instead (Front right) only.

Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

Hi Alexandre, On 30/04/24 at 14:07, Alexandre Rossi wrote: Hi, Basically I've the same issue described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180389/speaker-test-returns-all-6-channels-to-front-speakers The speaker-test program is provided by the alsa-utils package. I'm using Debian 12

Re: speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

Hi, > Basically I've the same issue described here: > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180389/speaker-test-returns-all-6-channels-to-front-speakers > > The speaker-test program is provided by the alsa-utils package. I'm using > Debian 12 Bookworm, I've no ~/.asoundrc file. My /proc/asound/cards

speaker-test: no correct sound output on LFE and others speakers

Hi everyone, Basically I've the same issue described here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180389/speaker-test-returns-all-6-channels-to-front-speakers The speaker-test program is provided by the alsa-utils package. I'm using Debian 12 Bookworm, I've no ~/.asoundrc file. My