I have ver 1.0.7, I will try the restore tomorrow night, along with the change in the asoundrc. My device is 0,3. I will let you know how it goes.
-Gregg On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:10:19 -0500, Kyle Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregg Farhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I removed the suggested items and applied the .asoundrc. It still > > has the same results. I did discover if I add -ac hwac3, -ao alsa9 > > I get no sound on dvd, but if I remove it I get static. Any other > > suggestions besides a hammer :) . Thanks again for your help. > > LOL, I almost did this once with a live because of this BS, but I > doubt it would have helped. Keep the faith. :) It's a great sound > card, especially given the very low cost. Given that I basically only > ever use passthrough (except for playing Ogg/MP3 files, which are all > 16 bit anyway), I doubt I will ever need anything different unless a > non-S/PDIF digital interface appears. > > Which version of alsa are you running? I know I had problems with the > different variants of 1.0.6, so make sure you're using 1.0.7 (not > -rc?) or CVS. > > Also, try xine instead of mplayer. The alsa support on each piece of > software is different, and frankly I've never gotten mplayer to work > as reliably as xine even though xine's configuration seems more > complicated at first. > > Next, how is your Live wired to your AC3 decoder? I use just the > basic Live card with a coax connector going from (I believe) the white > (left) channel on a stereo mini->RCA converter sitting in the top (?) > mini jack, which on my card is gold instead of colored plastic, to the > S/PDIF in on my receiver. I'm doing this from memory, so it's a bit > fuzzy. > > Finally, try putting the attached asound.state into a file > (e.g. /tmp/foo) and issuing "alsactl --file /tmp/foo restore". This > is my mixer config. Since the Live has so many mixer settings that > are so poorly documented, it took a lot of trial-and-error to get set > up correctly. If this works for you, I'll post a web page indicating > how to get this set up because I'll have positive confirmation that it > works for at least one other person. :) This will *only* work with > 1.0.7, because some of the mixer controls changed names, etc. > > Let me know what happens. I'm curious to hear if it works. > > Cheers, > Kyle > > >
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