On Thursday July 5 2007 12:13:47 pm Michael Derek Barnett wrote: > > S Glasoe wrote: > I've been using Kaffeine, but I just tried MPlayer with the same results > (although the quality of the non-DVD noise was a little different w/ > mplayer, still bad, but different.) > > And yes, there are no seperate cables from the DVD drive, just the IDE > interface. > > I know. It's weird. I could listen to the audio off dvd tracks all day > long without it bothering me, but 2 minutes of any other audio makes me > want to turn sound back off.
What about music CDs? Do they sound OK? > > Do you have a microphone, headset for VoIP/games or other audio input > > connected and have you tested with those unplugged? In kmix are those > > muted? Thinking of feedback squeal. > > No, the only thing connected currently is the speaker system. I wonder > if I should go ahead and try to put dummy loads (or whatever you'd call > them in this context) on those input/output jacks. Might give you another "DVD sounds fine" clue. > Microphone inputs and auxillary outputs are all muted. Don't forget to unmute if you plug something into them! > > Good clues and troubleshooting so far. I keep thinking that there is one > > slider in kmix or alsamixergui that you are missing. One of my systems > > needed DAC or ADC (iirc) slider set about 50% or I'd get weird squealing > > under 10.2 and it had never done that before since 7.3. > > Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes... > > Nod, it wouldn't surprise me. The es1370 has very few options, though > the onboard has a slew of them. I don't see a DAC or ADC (although I'm > not familiar with those terms, so perhaps I'm just not making the > connection with what's in the list.) Analog-Digital Converter and Digital-Analog Converter IINM. How about IEC958 or External Amplifier or anything that may deal with amplification, gain, etc that is overpowering the sound output? > > Thanks, > > Derek How about muting everything all at once and then enabling just Master Volume and PCM or something? Bare minimum for noise. -- Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
