Hi! I found the manual for your motherboard at http://www.iusermanual.com/motherboard/asus-m4a78-am-motherboard-manual.htm See: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=78058 http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=64112 (no solution though) http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=237371 (no solution) Are you sure you are sending multichannel data to the soundcard? Run aplay -L and for each surround41, run: speaker-test -Dplug:surround40 -c4 -l1 -twav And see what happens. Sorry I cant be more of help. /nisse On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Viliam Kubis <viliam.kubis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a PC with an ASUS M4A78-AM motherboard with integrated VT1708S > 6-channel sound chip in it. However, I can't get the surround sound > working. The motherboard has 3 jacks on it - green for front / 2 speaker > set; blue is the line in or the rear-speaker out in 4.1 configuration, and > pink is the microphone or side speaker out in the 6-spk configuration. > > My speaker configuration is 4.1 [2 front, 2 back and subwoofer]. Line in > does not produce any sound. > > Speakers are connected properly. I have tried all possible configurations > of alsamixer and the rear speakers connected to either the blue or pink > jack, but it just doesn't work. > > I have also tried many configurations in /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc. > In alsamixer, there is a control named "smart 5.1", turning it on or off > does not change anything. I have tried aplay to play some wav file using > -Dsurround40, but it does not work: > > Playing raw data 'stdin' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono > aplay: set_params:990: Sample format non available > Available formats: > - S16_LE > - S32_LE > [kbs1@localhost ~]$ aplay -L > null > Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) > default:CARD=SB > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > Default Audio Device > front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > Front speakers > surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers > surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers > surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Analog > 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers > iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, VT1708S Digital > IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output > [kbs1@localhost ~]$ aplay -l > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: VT1708S Digital [VT1708S Digital] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > *****alsa-info***** > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=3b5a5666691af5c69bedda9ea8836844c0d0b693 > > > I am using alsa 1.0.22.1. I have uninstalled and then reinstalled > pulseaudio sound server, so that it is not the default one and I get all > the controls in alsamixer (not just "volume" control). Surround sound did > not work out-of-the-box on fedora 12, and I never got it to work. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. > > Best Regards > Viliam Kubis > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the > world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference > attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through > interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- Nils-Erik Svangård E-Mail: nilserik@xxxxxxxxx MSN: nilserik@xxxxxxxxx Skype: schweingaard Mobil: +46-(0)70-3612178 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
