Hello again, I made to many mistakes in my last post. First to get /dev/dsp working, load the snd-pcm-oss modprobe snd-pcm.oss After that add the user who wants to play something to the audio group and login again. You can add the user in /etc/group or you can use the adduser tool. Thanks On Sa, Aug 05, 2006 at 02:04:30 +0200, Halim Sahin wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr -- Halim Sahin E-Mail: halim.sahin@xxxxxxxxxxx
