Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:25:36 +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: <4FDB1BB0.8060800@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <4FDAECF8.4080007@gmail.com> References: <4FDA0B5E.4090901@gmail.com> <4FDAAF5E.4040500@gmail.com> <4FDAECF8.4080007@gmail.com>
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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?
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