Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-12-08 Thread bernt
I did a clean install of Opensuse 11.0 and KDE 4.1.3. And I was not happy with the sound so I installed Vista and suddenly I got the same sound as I have with a cd. For some reason Linux installed Audigy drivers, but the souncard is a SB Live 24. Maybe that had something to do with it. -- bern

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
bpa;360851 Wrote: > I would expect a display as follows from Kmix. > > http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdemultimedia/kmix/working-with-kmix.html > > On my Suse system KMix mixer is open by clicking on the "mixer" button > at the bottom of the vomlume control. Alternatively start KMix from the > a

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread mudlark
left click the volume controlthen click the mixer tab. settings > configure channels etc. With my cmedia card I use the optical out which means me turning on the IEC958 switch -- mudlark SB3>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>ESPAudio P09B Active filter>NAP140+260A>Rhapsody, Avondale and Naim cable, Kubuntu I

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread mudlark
left click the volume control then click the mixer tab. if no response open the terminal and type kmix. Kmix is there with kde4 I think. settings > configure channels etc. With my cmedia card I use the optical out which means me turning on the IEC958 switch -- mudlark SB3>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>ES

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bpa
I would expect a display as follows from Kmix. http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdemultimedia/kmix/working-with-kmix.html On my Suse system KMix mixer is open by clicking on the "mixer" button at the bottom of the vomlume control. Alternatively start KMix from the application menus. -- bpa -

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
bpa;360776 Wrote: > Kmix usually has 3 tabs - output, input and switches. Look at "input" > tab. Sorry, I can't find any of the tabs. I click on the speaker next to the clock and then the button Mixer. There is a lot of channels but only one is doing anything. According to lspci my soundcard i

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread agillis
Sounds cards in PCs have poor analog output for the reasons stated in this thred. There is a lot of electrical noise in a computer. If you are getting pops and clicks you can make sure your sound card is on it's own interupt. Use "lspci" from the command line in linux. But I don't think this is yo

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread Peter
bernt wrote: > I guess I'm a little out of topic on this forum. My apologies. > > This has nothing to do with SC or SB. I listen to music on my computer > through above stereo and discovered by accident how bad it sound if a > play the music on the computer vs playing cd on the same stereo. > I

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bpa
> > Where do I check what inputs are enabled? > Kmix usually has 3 tabs - output, input and switches. Look at "input" tab. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: htt

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread GlenL
Just a guess, but it may be down to the Ubuntu soundcard driver. Ubuntu may be using a 'generic' soundcard driver that may not be specifically written for your soundcard. You don't say what soundcard you have ... perhaps the manufacturer's web site may have a manufacturer written linux driver fo

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
bpa;360763 Wrote: > Amarok only plays through the "speakers" which may also be routed to a > digital output on some cards. I'm assuming you have some output from > the PC connected to your main audio setup. > > What inputs are enabled ? I'm a little confused by the settings in Kubuntu, Where do

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread Mark Lanctot
bernt;360764 Wrote: > I guess I'm a little out of topic on this forum. My apologies. > > This has nothing to do with SC or SB. I listen to music on my computer > through above stereo and discovered by accident how bad it sound if a > play the music on the computer vs playing cd on the same stere

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
I guess I'm a little out of topic on this forum. My apologies. This has nothing to do with SC or SB. I listen to music on my computer through above stereo and discovered by accident how bad it sound if a play the music on the computer vs playing cd on the same stereo. I run SC on another pc and

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bpa
> > Everything in the Mixer is set to zero except for Front Speakers. For > some reason this is the output source. > Amarok only plays through the "speakers" which may also be routed to a digital output on some cards. I'm assuming you have some output from the PC connected to your main audio se

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread Mark Lanctot
It really should be mentioned here that SqueezeCenter doesn't care what OS you're running, the sound quality should not be affected (up to the point it drops out completely due to insufficient bandwidth). After all, you don't even need a soundcard to run SC. SC does not use any sound software or

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
Everything in the Mixer is set to zero except for Front Speakers. For some reason this is the output source. I have checked it from a terminal with alsamixer. -- bernt 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3 - SC 7.2.1 - Ubuntu Server 8.04 -

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bpa
Generally the PC speaker sound output has gone through a mixer which can combine various sources (e.g. wave, CD , mic, line-in ) into one output. Many of these sources are enabled by default so a lot of audio processing (e.g. upsampling , mixing, downsampling, enhanced stereo) will be performed o

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread socistep
bernt;360737 Wrote: > Maybe it's my installation that is messed up. I have installed Kubuntu > 8.04 with KDE 3.x, installed KDE 4.x and then upgraded to Kubuntu > 8.10. > > I think I try a clean install to see if that solves the problem. > > socistep. How do you the set the volume in Kubuntu?

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
Maybe it's my installation that is messed up. I have installed Kubuntu 8.04 with KDE 3.x, installed KDE 4.x and then upgraded to Kubuntu 8.10. I think I try a clean install to see if that solves the problem. socistep. How do you the set the volume in Kubuntu? I have it set to 100% in Amarok an

Re: [slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread socistep
bernt;360725 Wrote: > Hi! > > I have this stereo connected to my computer with Kubuntu 8.10. > http://www.amazon.com/JVC-FS-Y1-Component-System-Player/dp/B0007XH72Y > > The other day I burned a music cd from flac files and put it in the > stereo to test it. And wow! What a sound compared to pla

[slim] Sound Quality Linux vs Windows

2008-11-17 Thread bernt
Hi! I have this stereo connected to my computer with Kubuntu 8.10. http://www.amazon.com/JVC-FS-Y1-Component-System-Player/dp/B0007XH72Y The other day I burned a music cd from flac files and put it in the stereo to test it. And wow! What a sound compared to play the same music with Amarok. The