Hi, Placbakopen error? hmm did you insert your vdr-user into audio group? /etc/group order adduser??? On Fr, Aug 04, 2006 at 09:39:38 +0200, Alex Golks wrote: > at first, thanks alot for the help. > perhaps i "not see the wood for the trees" (is this right in english). wanna say, perhaps im just too stupid... > > here are some debuggin outputs, for just to be sure that alsa works for me: > > cat /dev/urandom >/dev/dsp works, get this funny white noise out of my speakers. > > alsamixer screen: > ---------------------------------- > Card: C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6 > Chip: CMedia PCI > View: [Playback] Capture All > Item: Master > ---------------------------------- > > $ cat /proc/asound/devices > 0: [ 0] : control > 4: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent > 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback > 17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback > 18: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback > 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture > 26: [ 0- 2]: digital audio capture > 33: : timer > > $ cat /proc/asound/pcm > 00-02: CMI8738-MC6 : C-Media PCI IEC958 : playback 1 : capture 1 > 00-01: CMI8738-MC6 : C-Media PCI 2nd DAC : playback 1 > 00-00: CMI8738-MC6 : C-Media PCI DAC/ADC : playback 1 : capture 1 > > -------------- > without -ao: > -------------- > Dec 24 20:57:32 gockels-video vdr: [4525] [softdevice-audio] Opening alsa device default > Dec 24 20:57:32 gockels-video vdr: [4525] [softdevice-audio] Using alsa AC3 device hw:0,1 > Dec 24 20:57:33 gockels-video vdr: [4525] [softdevice-audio] Playback open error: default, No such device FATAL exiting > -------------- > with -ao alsa:pcm=default > -------------- > Dec 24 20:59:19 gockels-video vdr: [4698] [softdevice-audio] Opening alsa device default > Dec 24 20:59:19 gockels-video vdr: [4698] [softdevice-audio] Using alsa AC3 device hw:0,1 > Dec 24 20:59:19 gockels-video vdr: [4698] [softdevice-audio] Playback open error: default, No such device FATAL exiting > -------------- > with -ao alsa:pcm=default#ac3=default# > -------------- > Dec 24 21:01:37 gockels-video vdr: [4977] [softdevice-audio] Opening alsa device default > Dec 24 21:01:37 gockels-video vdr: [4977] [softdevice-audio] Using alsa AC3 device hw:0,1 > Dec 24 21:01:37 gockels-video vdr: [4977] [softdevice-audio] Playback open error: default, No such device FATAL exiting > -------------- > with -ao dummy: > -------------- > Dec 24 21:03:30 gockels-video vdr: [5290] [softdevice-audio-dummy] Device opened! Ready to play > > so, its true, i've no spdif output on this card. but when you can tell softdevice what $dev_name (as mentioned in the softdevice readme) it should use for ac3 output (for it insists on using this), where do i get the $dev_name from? > my driver is called cmipci, doesn't work. > /dev/dsp or audio doesn't work either... > xine can do a down-mix, and i get sound from vdr with xine plugin for example. > on the other hand, there was a time, when i had 5 speaker connected to this card and heard nice digital surround sound from a dvd. > > i just can't get the idea behind all this (did i said this things about my foolischness?) > -- > > > Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft f?r 0,- Euro*. Nur noch kurze Zeit! > "Feel free" mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr -- Halim Sahin E-Mail: halim.sahin@xxxxxxxxxxx
