[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-06 Thread Raymond
Bit = 1 ID0 ID1 ID2 ID3 ID4 ID5 ID6 ID7 ID8 ID9 Function Dedicated Mic PCM In Channel Modem Line Codec Support Bass and Treble Control Simulated Stereo (Mono to Stereo) Headphone Out Support Loudness (Bass Boost) Support 18-Bit DAC Resolution 20-Bit DAC Resolution 18-Bit ADC Resolution

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-06 Thread Raymond
to avoid the driver rename master playback volume to master surround, you need to specify ac97->spec.ad18xx.lo_as_master = 1; only for the enumerated ad1980 codec inside virtualbox static int patch_ad1888(struct snd_ac97 * ac97) { unsigned short misc;

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-06 Thread Raymond
> I would also guess that it is not likely that Virtual Box is the direct cause because the list of work distros runs on the same Virtualbox platform that serves the failing distros. NO, the change of enumerated ac97 codec from stac9200 to ad1980 in virtualbox is the main cause of the problem

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-06 Thread Raymond
you have to specify component audio in your ticket https://www.virtualbox.org/report/27?sort=version=0=1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Raymond
pci :00:05.0: [8086:2415] type 00 class 0x040100 pci :00:05.0: reg 0x10: [io 0xd100-0xd1ff] pci :00:05.0: reg 0x14: [io 0xd200-0xd23f] you need to log all i/o ports read/write of those ich controller registers and ac97 codec registers read/write since real dell dimension 8400

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Raymond
five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, surround, and center/Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel; one front-panel connector for headphones refer to dell dimension 8400 specification do you have any windows guest work with emulated ad1980 codec ? -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Raymond
the easy work around is to use emulated hda instead of emulated ac97 specify snd-hda-intel model=intel-mac-v3 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/Documentation/sound/alsa /HD-Audio-Models.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread LocutusOfBorg
Hi Gene, if you need to have some virtualbox builds feel free to just ask me, I'll upload all the patches you want to test in my ppa. (I'll prefer to apply them on top of 5.0.2 if possible) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Gene Soo
I'm sorry, I don't know how to proceed with this issue. Early on, you asked for Verbose Logging from Virtualbox. I supplied the Machine Log for the failing Guest and I knew Verbose was probably Defaulted to Off. Since then, I have found the commands to change the running machine "VBoxManage

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Raymond
you have to post the output of alsa-info.sh if enumerated hda does not work as expected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0,

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Gene Soo
My interpretation of this update is that I believe you are trying to suggest that I apply this patch to correct a scaling problem with HDA, Is that what you are trying to communicate? Also, I understand that this code is or maybe broken but why are we working on Intel HDA when the default ICH

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread LocutusOfBorg
Debug should already enable some logging, otherwise please read this page https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VBoxLogging it should help you in enabling what you need to trace the problem down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread LocutusOfBorg
Hi Gene >As to your offer of supplying latest patched to your ppa, I would take you >up on that offer however I need help with the proper commands to get those >changes into my environment. Not knowing all of the terminology, I was able >to run the SVN commands to establish a development fork on

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Raymond
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c?id=7c7767ebe2fa847c91a0dd5551ca422aba359473 ALSA: hda - Halve too large volume scales for STAC/IDT codecs STAC/IDT codecs have often too large volume scales such as -96dB, and exposing this as is

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Gene Soo
LocutusOfBorg, I am in desperate need of help on this issue in several areas. I would have hoped this would have been much easier to report and let you experts work the issue however even though I can describe what I am seeing, it is very difficult to supply the respective folks with enough

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-05 Thread Gene Soo
I have no idea what "the output of alsa-info.sh" is. Is this some sort of Shell script that needs to be run? If so, when do you run it, a) One time only, b)Before changing the Slider Position, Giving me these short segments of details without specific instructions is causing me to give up on

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-09-01 Thread Raymond
http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa- kmirror.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bb9a16dc52281d98dfb525552d29d8939845d8e2 it was this patch change master mono from mono to stereo /* build master mono controls */ if (snd_ac97_try_volume_mix(ac97, AC97_MASTER_MONO)) { -

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-31 Thread Raymond
as you should notice that driver use ac97->num to access different codecs iaputword(chip, reg + ac97->num * 0x80, val); res = iagetword(chip, reg + ac97->num * 0x80); but virutalbox does not response correctly when driver try to accesss secodary ac97 codecs when it only emulate single

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Raymond
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1325308 this is dell dimension 8400 with ad1980 which virtualbox 5.0 try to emulate the difference of alsa-info between your and the real dell dimension 8400 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Raymond
HW Params of device hw:0,0: ACCESS: MMAP_INTERLEAVED RW_INTERLEAVED FORMAT: S16_LE SUBFORMAT: STD SAMPLE_BITS: 16 FRAME_BITS: [32 96] CHANNELS: [2 6] RATE: 48000 the emulated intel8x0 claim to support 6 channels -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: virtualbox Status: Unknown = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem To

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Raymond
aplay -D hw:0,0 --dump-hw-params stereo.wav this dump the channel max of the sound cardc driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Raymond
** Bug watch added: Virtualbox Trac #14508 http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/14508 ** Also affects: virtualbox via http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/14508 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Raymond
I don't understand this response. I am not an experienced programmer with respect to these platforms and have no control what Virtual Box presents back to the OS. I will say that this problem effects multiple distributions. You should study the ad1980 datasheet take a look at the functional

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-30 Thread Raymond
static void snd_intel8x0_codec_write(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, unsigned short reg, unsigned short val) { struct intel8x0 *chip = ac97-private_data; + dev_info(chip-card-dev, ac97 write %d - %.2x : %.4x\n, ac97-num,

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Raymond
the reason for no master playback volume/switch is master rename as master surround but no headphone playback volume/switch state.I82801AAICH { control.1 { iface MIXER name 'Master Surround Playback Switch' value.0 true

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Raymond
only virtualbox debug log can provide debug info about why emulated ich controller support multi channel case GLOB_CNT: 1470/* Global Control */ 1471*pu32 = pThis-glob_cnt; 1472LogFlowFunc((glob_cnt - %#x\n,

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Raymond
if (pbus-pcms[0].r[0].slots (1 AC97_SLOT_PCM_SLEFT)) { chip-multi4 = 1; if (pbus-pcms[0].r[0].slots (1 AC97_SLOT_LFE)) { chip-multi6 = 1; if (chip-ac97[0]-flags AC97_HAS_8CH)

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Gene Soo
Attempting to attached two zip files. First logs and Screenshots from Lubuntu 15.10 Distribution. Second is Logs and screenshots from Mate 15.10. On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 3:11 AM, Raymond 1487...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: if (pbus-pcms[0].r[0].slots (1 AC97_SLOT_PCM_SLEFT)) {

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Gene Soo
I'll attempt to describe the patterns and symptoms I am noticing and with a subsequent email attach ScreenShot files to support those observations. With this latest round of testing the Ubuntu 15.10 daily drops, most of the distributions are behaving correctly in that Volume Slider does control

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Raymond
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio/Log you have to post the pulseaudio verbose log in virtualbox 5.0 ad1980 find the dB range of analog outout path since master surround playback volume is not defined in pulseaudio analog-output-*.conf

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-29 Thread Raymond
https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/55272/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp since it hardcode ad1980 on a dell machine, you may need patch in alsa driver to prevent the swap of the master playback volume/switch and headphone playback volume/switch if (fChipAD1980) {

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-28 Thread Raymond
you need virtualbox verbose log which provide debug messages printed by LogFlowFunc() the linux driver check those ad specific registers for multi codecs , and ADI compatiable mode https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/tree/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c -- You received

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-28 Thread Gene Soo
First, you dd not answer my question on whether or not I could attach the files directly to this email and whether you would be able to get them or do I need to upload them somewhere? Second, I want to clarify the Verbose Log you want. Is that the Log from Show Log CTRL+L? If so, I assume you

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-28 Thread Gene Soo
I discovered that the Volume Slider problem exists even after the clean install of Virtual Box 5.0.2. I have screenshots that document the errant behavior. I am not used to submitting documentation for problems other than typing in descriptive text when prompted. Can I attach the screenshot

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-27 Thread Gene Soo
VirtualBox ticket 14508 created to report this issue. Any comments from the Audio team can be submitted referencing that ticket number. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:34 AM, LocutusOfBorg costamagnagianfra...@yahoo.it wrote: Hi, can you please report then on the upstream Virtualbox ticket page? or

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-27 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-27 Thread LocutusOfBorg
Hi, can you please report then on the upstream Virtualbox ticket page? or also the mail list might be good https://www.virtualbox.org/newticket cheers, Gianfranco -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread Raymond
the count of master mono playback volume control is not stereo but mono this is emulation bug of virtual box control.3 { iface MIXER name 'Master Mono Playback Switch' value.0 false value.1 false comment {

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread Raymond
” Mono Volume Register (Index 06h) Reg No.Name D15D14D13D12D11D10D9D8D7D6D5*D4D3D2D1D0 Default 06h Mono Volume MVM X X X X X X X X X MV5 MV4 MV3 MV2 MV1 MV0 8000h *Refer to Table II for examples. This register controls the Mono output volume and mute bit. The volume register contains five bits,

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread Raymond
0:06 = bfbf a real ad1980 won't return this value since only bit 15 and (bit 5 to bit 0) are defined -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread Raymond
** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread Gene Soo
You made a lot of updates to this record and I cannot tell whether or not you hit on issues that requires coding changes on the Ubuntu Audio side. I did want to report that I seem to have found a resolution that I am satisfied with. To summarize, I mentioned that after backing off from Virtual

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread LocutusOfBorg
thanks for replying! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread LocutusOfBorg
** Changed in: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title:

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-26 Thread Raymond
static DECLCALLBACK(int) ichac97IOPortNAMWrite(PPDMDEVINS pDevIns, void *pvUser, RTIOPORT Port, uint32_t u32, unsigned cb) { PAC97STATE pThis = (PAC97STATE)pvUser; case 2: {

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-23 Thread Raymond
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=15t=68763 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-23 Thread Raymond
0:74 = 1000 1:74 = 4000 2:74 = 2000 the emulated ad1980 report different codec register mask it make the alsa driver believe that there are three codecs Serial Configuration Register (Index 74h) REGM3 Slave 3 Codec Register Mask REGM0 Master Codec Register Mask REGM1 Slave 1 Codec Register

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-22 Thread Raymond
bit 5 LOSEL LINE_OUT Amplifiers Input Select. This bit allows the LINE_OUT output amplifiers to be driven by the mixer or the surround DACs. The main purpose for this is to allow swapping of the front and surround channels to make better use of the SURR/HP_OUT output amplifiers. This bit

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-22 Thread Raymond
0:76 = 7c20 Miscellaneous Control Bit Register (Index 76h) bit14 AC97NC AC ’97 No Compatibility Mode. This bit allows the surround, center, and LFE volume control registers and output attenuators to operate in a more functional mode than defined by the AC97 2.2 spec. This is called ADI

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-22 Thread Raymond
bit12 LODIS Line_out Disable. Disables the Line_out pins (L/R), placing them into High-Z mode so that the assigned output audio jack can be shared for Line Input function. 0 = Line_out pins have normal audio drive capability (reset default). 1 = Line_out pins are placed into High-Z mode.

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git/commit/sound/pci/intel8x0.c?id=4235a31784f59c9be5ff71534743c055091f9735 the real ac97 controller 8086:2415 does not support 6 channels -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
I believe I have discovered the cause of the problem. Your prompting me to look at the Open Issues for VirtualBox pointed out that I was on V5.0.0 and when I went to the Downloads Page, V5.0.2 was currently available. VirtualBox will send a push notification when the team indicates and important

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
Correction to last comments concerning problem resolution. I inadvertently referred to backing off from Version 5.0.2 to VirtualBox Release 4.33. The correct backoff release number is 4.3.30-101610. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Gene Soo genesoo77...@gmail.com wrote: I believe I have

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/55005/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp this patch intend to change rate from 48000Hz to 44100Hz but the emuated ad1980 still using 48000Hz Extended ID : codec=0 rev=2 DSA=0 VRM VRA Extended status : VRM VRA PCM front DAC : 48000Hz PCM ADC

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
if you compare the amixer output of real ad1980 and emulated ad1980 the emulated ad1980 did not implement Master Playback Volume Card hw:2 'ICH6'/'Intel ICH6 with AD1980 at irq 23' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1980' Components : 'AC97a:41445370' Controls : 40 Simple ctrls : 29

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
** Also affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback]

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
control.9 { iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true comment { access 'read write' type BOOLEAN count 2 } } control.10 { iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Volume' value.0 27 value.1 27 comment { access 'read write'

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
I don't know how to proceed with the following recommendation: you can select the emulated hda and stac9221 hda codec When I get into the Audio Settings for this guest, I have two Pull Downs I can control. First is Host Audio Driver: Pulse Audio(Default), Null Audio Driver, OSS Audio Driver,

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
Additional Comments regarding last change from Pulse Audio Driver to ALSA Audio Driver. Although this change did resolve the Volume Slider controlling both PCM and Master output channels, Extended playback using this driver causes instability in the playback speed. At first, the playback speed is

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
Testing Results for Kubuntu-KDE 15.10 Distribution. Original Problem report was issued from Edubuntu 15.10 Daily. I tried switching the Virtualbox Audio Hardware Driver from Pulse Audio to ALSA Audio consistent with results for the Edubuntu distribution. Monitoring alsamixer for Channel levels,

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
Last Update for tonight. I understand it is monumentally difficult to support all of the varieties of hardware that exist and because of that, I make myself available to test or provide information for my specific operating environment. For the most part, I expect that the OS packages that I

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
https://www.virtualbox.org/log/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp?rev=57451 some of the above patches change the behaviour of emulated ac97 codec the emulate ad1980 inside virtualbox does not work as same as a real ad1980 codec -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03) !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's !!--- 00:1e.2 0401: 8086:266e (rev 03) Subsystem: 1028:0177

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
Extended ID : codec=0 rev=0 AMAP LDAC SDAC CDAC DSA=0 DRA VRA Extended status : LDAC SDAC CDAC VRA PCM front DAC : 48000Hz PCM Surr DAC : 48000Hz PCM LFE DAC : 48000Hz PCM ADC : 48000Hz the real ad1980 support multi channel but the emulated ad1980 does not has SDAC, LDAC and CDAC Extended

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
the previous emulated ac97 codec in virtualbox 3.x/4.x is stac9200 stereo codec -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback]

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
refer to virtualox 5.0.2 user manual [--audionone|null|dsound|solaudio|oss|alsa|pulse| oss|pulse|coreaudio] [--audiocontrollerac97|hda|sb16] [--audiocodecstac9700|ad1980|stac9221|sb16] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
1) the logic of the enumlated ac97 is defined in ichac97SetVolume() 2) there are differences between real ad1980 and the emulated ad1980 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1325308 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Gene Soo
Let me start out by asking an important question. In the Generated Problem Report between Title and Bug Description is the following statement. Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Is Audio support code still under development for this Volume Slider function or should it be

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-21 Thread Raymond
sb16 is no longer supported by ubuntu since isa support was dropped -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-20 Thread Gene Soo
I don't understand this response. I am not an experienced programmer with respect to these platforms and have no control what Virtual Box presents back to the OS. I will say that this problem effects multiple distributions. Particularly Kubuntu-KDE, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu. Luckily, the

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-20 Thread Raymond
** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487168 Title: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider

Re: [Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-20 Thread Gene Soo
Lots of questions, I'll attempt to answer as best as I can. First. Host OS Level: uname -a Linux gwsux79 3.13.0-62-generic #102-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 14:29:36 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Second, Sound Card/Sound Support: I don't understand the question about Real Sound Card Support

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-20 Thread Raymond
it depend on how virtualbox 5.0 emulate ad1980 ac97 ** Summary changed: - [ICH - Intel 82801AA-ICH, playback] volume slider problem + [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-20 Thread Raymond
those emulated sigmatel ac97 codec inside virtualbox 4.x support stereo only which host os are you using linux/windows ? do you have a real sound card support 5.1 ? which audio backend do your virtualbox5.0 using ? it seem that the emulated ad1980 ac97 support multi channel profiles:

[Bug 1487168] Re: [Emulated AD1980 AC97 inside Virualbox 5.0, playback] volume slider problem

2015-08-20 Thread Raymond
https://www.virtualbox.org/browser/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp any reason to use the emulated ac97 and ad1980 codec ? you can select the emulated hda and stac9221 hda codec -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed