try alsaplayer -Dsurround40 foo.mp3 That works on a sb live.
Cheers James > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam K Kirchhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 March 2002 14:26 > To: James Courtier-Dutton > Cc: Xavier ALLAMIGEON; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Alsa-devel] ymfpci : four speakers with OSS-emulation ? > > > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > What command line do you use for aplay, alsaplayer. > > $ alsaplayer foo.mp3 > > Will play on the front speakers. > > $ alsaplayer -Dhw:0,2 foo.mp3 > > Will play on the rear speakers. > > I had almost this exact same conversation on this mailing list last month > and we came to the conclusion that there is no way to get the output to > default to both the front and rear speakers with the current setup. > > Adam > > > For the device name, you can use "default", "front", "rear" and > "surround40" > > with a SB Live.(The card I have.) instead of "plug:0,0" or similar. > > > > What device names do you use for the ymfpci ? > > Cheers > > James > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Adam K Kirchhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 13 March 2002 13:58 > > > To: James Courtier-Dutton > > > Cc: Xavier ALLAMIGEON; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [Alsa-devel] ymfpci : four speakers with OSS-emulation ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, the ymfpci driver (with native Alsa support) only uses the front > > > speakers by default, unless the application (ie. aplay, alsaplayer) is > > > told the use the rear speakers. In either case, you can still only get > > > output on either the front or the rear :-) So rewriting the > application > > > wouldn't necessarily solve the problem. > > > > > > Even if that wasn't the case, and rewring the application did > resolve the > > > issue, it doesn't really do the end user any good if they have to wait > > > around for every application (some of which may now be > unsupported) to be > > > rewritten to support Alsa natively :-) > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > > > > > Why not just change the app to support alsa 0.9.x. > > > > alsa 0.9.x is now in kernel 2.5.x, so the app should really move to > > > > supporting it anyway. > > > > Cheers > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Xavier > > > > > ALLAMIGEON > > > > > Sent: 12 March 2002 21:11 > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: [Alsa-devel] ymfpci : four speakers with OSS-emulation ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good evening, > > > > > I have installed the alsa-driver0.9.0beta12 on my MDK8.1 (kernel > > > > > 2.4.18), and > > > > > my rear speakers work. For example with "aplay -Dhw:0,2 foo.wav". > > > > > Is this possible to use the four speakers together under alsa or > > > > > under the > > > > > OSS emulation, with a sound card based on the ymfpci modules ? > > > > > I know it works with a SBLive!. Besides, I have seen that > there are > > > > > interesting configuration files in /usr/share/alsa. What must I > > > > > do if I want > > > > > the changes of these files to take effect ? > > > > > Thanks for all ! > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Alsa-devel mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Alsa-devel mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
