On Thursday, Aug 22, 2002, at 20:09 Australia/Sydney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi! >>> >>> You need to unmute the optical out. It shows up as a device with no >>> volume >>> controls or anything, all you can do is mute/unmute it. >> >> How do I do that? It's been a while since I've fiddled around with the >> settings... > >> Would IEC 958 Output be the SPDIF output? How would I unmute it, as >> well as make it stereo (or enable more channels...)? > > Yes, IEC 958 Output is the SPDIF output. And you can only switch it > on/off > by unmuting/muting it. So a mono control is enough. I don't know how > to do > this using amixer, but you could try > alsamixer, > the console based 'graphical' ALSA mixer tool. Hitting <space> you can > select your input source and hitting <m> you can mute/unmute channels. > And there > are some other keys... :) Have a look at man alsamixer. That seems to have fixed it! Thanks! However, the sound seems to come only out of the rear speakers (and a tiny little bit from the centre speaker...) Previously, at the same volume level, it came out of all the speakers and was much lourder. Any ideas? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user