From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 21:35:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67642106564A for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:35:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E9C08FC16 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q5ELZYJu057145; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:35:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:35:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: David Demelier In-Reply-To: <4FDA0B5E.4090901@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4FDA0B5E.4090901@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No surround sound with Creative SB Live! card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:35:41 -0000 On Thu, 14 Jun 2012, 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. Does the DVD source material actually have 5.1 sound? Silly question, I know, but it has to be asked. You may also want to pose this question to multimedia@ -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ]