Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:55:02 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No surround sound with Creative SB Live! card Message-ID: <4FE29B16.5060005@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <4FDF7326.1080201@gmail.com> References: <4FDA0B5E.4090901@gmail.com> <4FDAAF5E.4040500@gmail.com> <4FDAECF8.4080007@gmail.com> <4FDB1BB0.8060800@bananmonarki.se> <4FDF7326.1080201@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
2012-06-18 20:27, David Demelier skrev: > On 15/06/2012 13:25, Bernt Hansson wrote: >> On 2012-06-15 10:06, David Demelier wrote: >>> On 15/06/2012 05:43, Edward M wrote: >>>> On 06/14/2012 09:03 AM, David Demelier wrote: >>>>> I have an old SB Live! card with a 5.1 speaker set, but i can't get >>>>> sound from center and rear speakers with mplayer. >>>>> >>>>> I'm using the snd_emu10kx driver and when I try to play a DVD I get >>>>> sound only through the front speakers (and LFE) like a 2.1 >>>>> >>>>> Adding -channels 6 to the mplayer args does not help. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Sounds like the DVD surround audio is encoded in AC-3 Dolby Digital or >>>> DTS. So a decorder is needed. >>>> >>> >>> That's what mplayer says: >>> >>> ========================================================================== >>> >>> >>> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders >>> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 6 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/9.72% (ratio: 56000->576000) >>> Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3) >>> ========================================================================== >>> >>> >>> AO: [oss] 48000Hz 6ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) >>> >>> What do you mean by "a decoder is needed"? >> >> Have you tried vlc or xine? > > It does not work with VLC too, do you need to tweak some settings? Try $ vlc filename I've tried a file that gave this error [0x2bb4b43c] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `mp4v'. VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4FE29B16.5060005>