On Sunday 26 Oct 2003 21:52, Dennis van der Meer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had problems with my Terratec Aureon Space 7.1 ever since I bought
> the thing. Not with the device but with the support for Linux. I think that
> most (if not
> all) is due to misconfiguration and not knowing how to set it up properly.
Yes, ALSA is lacking in the user friendly department.
> I hope someone can help me with my current issue. This is what happens:
>
> I would like all output to go through my digital out. When I do an
> aplay -D plug:spdif /sample.wav it is played through the digital out. If I
> leave out
> the -D option then sound is played through the analog out, which is not
> connected
> to my stereo so I don't hear any sound whatsoever.
> A while ago I read a thread about someone wanted to use the spdif output as
> a default and it required a change in the .asoundrc. So I edited the file
> and this is how
> it looks like now:
>
> pcm.ice1724 {
> type hw
> card 0
> }
>
> ctl.ice1724 {
> type hw
> card 0
> }
>
> pcm.!default {
> type plug
> slave.pcm "spdif"
> }
>
> Right now I don't have to enter the -D option for aplay and the sound is
> redirected
> to the digital out.
> Then I tried kde. I am unable to get any sound from kde unless I disable
> artsd. So
> I disabled it and then I am able to hear the system sounds. Having disabled
> doesn't
> change anything for Kaboodle or Noatun since they will still give no sound
> (so I assume
> they still use the analog output).
> Btw. Enabling or disabling artsd will have no effect on both Kaboodle or
> Noatun.
Is artsd in KDE using OSS? If so, try to configure artsd for ALSA.
Are Kaboodle and Noatun OSS apps only?
> XMMS is the tool I use most of the time anyway so I can live without the
> other programs
> and the system tools, as long as XMMS is functioning. Unfortunately it
> isn't :(
>
> I have tried different Output plugins:
>
> ALSA 1.2.8 plugin (libALSA.so)
> Audio device: ICE1724 / ICE1724 IEC958
> Mixer card: 0, Mixer device: Master
>
> OSS driver 1.2.8 (libOSS.so)
> Audio device: Default, Mixer device: Default
> Volume controls Master not PCM is also checked
>
> Both output plugins will produce no sounds but occasionally the following
> message when
> I press play to play the mp3:
>
> Message: output format: 7
>
> The mp3 isn't started then and XMMS just waits at 00:00, not playing at
> all. When I press
> play again it will hang and I will have to kill XMMS.
I don't know why XMMS's OSS output doesn't work. Perhaps it has something to
do with OSS emulation and your default .asoundrc spdif config?
XMMS's (1.2.8) ALSA output is broken for ice1712/ice1724 cards. It might have
something to do with the "Mixer device" definition which doesn't work with
these cards. Try alsa-xmms 0.9.12 instead, or dump XMMS and replace it with
AlsaPlayer.
> Also when I hear the system sounds in KDE they sound distorted at the end.
> The sound
> files are all ok since they play perfectly in Windows but in Linux they all
> sound bad at the
> end. Like a loud crack at the end.
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong and how I can avoid the bad sound playing
> and XMMS
> hanging etc.??
Distorted KDE sounds through spdif?
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