--- Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you want real 5.1 sound you'd need a proper 5.1 speaker setup. > > You won't get the surround effect etc with just your headphones. > Ack. Yet another set of newbie questions: 1. If I wish to merely test whether my card is working or not, would just a simple set of headphones help ? I wish to test that audio is available on all the connectors. 2. If I have mono or stereo mp3, will it automatically be available on all the channels/connectors ? Perhaps you have answered this earlier in this thread, but I didn't understand. 3. Do I need to play with the .asoundrc file ? > if you want to watch a 5.1 movie on headphones and hear all the sound streams > you'll need to set the "Downmix" control to 6->2 > Ack. Thanks. > These days even integrated sound cards do 5.1 :-) > Hmm :-) Thanks for all the information and advice. I really appreciate it, especially when I've no access to any other newbie level information on 5.1 sound. > Kingsly > -- Sriram __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
