Hello list, I've successfully installed ALSA drivers 1.0.10rc3 on my server, having two Terratec PHASE 28 cards. Each Terratec PHASE 28 has 8 audio outs, which can be combined into 4 stereo out channels. I want to configure ALSA in such a manner that will allow me to play different sound in each of the four stereo channels. I.e. I want to combine the 8 outs into pairs and use them separately. I think I've solved it, but: 1. I'm puzzled why the amixer output for each card doesn't show I have four stereo out channels but have Front, Rear and Side as stereo, and Center and LFE as mono. Does this concern the ice1724 module? 2. When I play sound through the newly configured PCM devices it's volume is low even if I've configured it with amixer to 100%. Can you please tell me if my configuration is correct - does it combine each of the 8 out channels into 4 pcm devices? Does each of these 4 pcm devices represent one of the Front, Rear, Side, Center/LFE channels (I want to control the volume through amixer). I want to use it with mplayer - for instance `mplayer -ao alsa:device=card11 song1.mp3` and `mplayer -ao alsa:device=card12 song2.mp3`, etc. Here's my .asoundrc sample for one of the cards: pcm.card1 { ? ? type dmix ? ? ipc_key 321456 ? ? ipc_key_add_uid true ? ? slave { ? ? ? ? pcm "hw:1" ? ? ? ? rate 44100 ? ? ? ? format S32_LE ? ? ? ? period_time 0 ? ? ? ? period_size 1024 ? ? ? ? buffer_size 8192 ? ? ? ? channels 8 ? ? } ? ? bindings { ? ? ? ? 0 0 ? ? ? ? 1 1 ? ? ? ? 2 2 ? ? ? ? 3 3 ? ? ? ? 4 4 ? ? ? ? 5 5 ? ? ? ? 6 6 ? ? ? ? 7 7 ? ? } } pcm.card11 { ? ? type plug ? ? slave { ? ? ? ? pcm "card1" ? ? ? ? channels 8 ? ? } ? ? ttable.0.0 1 ? ? ttable.1.1 1 } pcm.card12 { ? ? type plug ? ? slave { ? ? ? ? pcm "card1" ? ? ? ? channels 8 ? ? } ? ? ttable.0.2 1 ? ? ttable.1.3 1 } pcm.card13 { ? ? type plug ? ? slave { ? ? ? ? pcm "card1" ? ? ? ? channels 8 ? ? } ? ? ttable.0.4 1 ? ? ttable.1.5 1 } pcm.card14 { ? ? type plug ? ? slave { ? ? ? ? pcm "card1" ? ? ? ? channels 8 ? ? } ? ? ttable.0.6 1 ? ? ttable.1.7 1 } Thanks for the help. -- Cyberly yours, Petar Nedyalkov Devoted Orbitel Fan :-) PGP ID: 7AE45436 PGP Public Key: http://bu.orbitel.bg/pgp/bu.asc PGP Fingerprint: 7923 8D52 B145 02E8 6F63 8BDA 2D3F 7C0B 7AE4 5436 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/linux-audio-user/attachments/20051115/b60e66c2/attachment.bin