At 2004-08-08T21:49:26+1200, Vik Olliver wrote: > OK, got those in. Couldn't find much of a config utility, so I tried > /etc/init.d/alsad start
> Neh, doesn't load modules or anything. I did "modproble snd-via82xx" and > that seemed to load a heap of ALSA modules. Tried "/etc/init.d/alsa > start" and didn't get an error. It sounds like you need to set /etc/modules.conf up correctly. '/etc/init.d/alsa start' just restores/saves the mixer settings, etc. > I fire up AlsaMixer and noticed that there's a line saying > Item: Master [Off] > which I assumed was the culprit, but nothing saying "On" in the Help. > Eventually I figured that the M key might be worth trying, and now I > have Alsa running - with even speedier "Chipmunk" effects. I did try > all available Alsa config options in XMMS, until Blondie's Atomic > became too painful to listen to. The playback speed problem is almostly definitely a result of your music being one sample rate (probably 44.1kHz) and the card accepting only a different sample rate (probably 48kHz). A quick fix might be to check the configuration of your sound daemon (if you're using one), and see if you can tell it to up/down sample. With esd, you can specify '-r 48000' to upsample everything to 48Khz. > I'm hoping there's more to Alsa than this, and am open to > non-anatomical suggestions. Yes, there's plenty. Take a look at the main ALSA site[0], and then have a look at the ALSA wiki[1]. Unfortunately, the mailing list archives are missing or password protected (depending on which one you pick), so they're not much use. The wiki has plenty of information, though, so take a look at the VIA/vt82xx related stuff there and you should be well on your way. [0] http://www.alsa-project.org/ [1] http://alsa.opensrc.org/ -mjg -- Matthew Gregan |/ /| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
