Geoffrey, In both cases, you can set the stuff using alsamixer command (or with it's gui). You'll also need to use a player which knows how to output the channels (2.1, 4, 5.1, DTS etc). I recommend using Xine for this.
Thanks, Hetz On 2/27/06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I "upgraded" from SuSE 10.0 to Fedora Core 4. All of my problems have > disapeared, however I have a "feature" I need to implement. > > The computer has a "cmipci" sound card with a front and rear channel output > jack as sound card 0. It also has an intel sound card on the mother board > as sound card 1. Both are supported by alsa and both play sounds when I > use the soundcard detection applet from the KDE redhat menu. > > I don't care which one I use, but I would like to do either when I play > a DVD: > > 1. Have the linux system decode the 4 channels and play the sound out of > the front and rear channels of sound card 0. > > 2. Have the linux system decode the 4 channels and play the sound out of the > front channels of sound card 0 and the rear out of sound card 1. > > A less than desirable option would be to have the computer downmix > and the stereo output of the computer go into a stand alone decoder. > Dolby Prologic and AC3 tracks are already downmixed, I would probably > need to decode them on the computer. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > TIA, > > Geoff. > -- > Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM > IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 > Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
